Where to start when you want to introduce classical music for children? This guide gives you some recommended pieces and recordings.
Tag: Tchaikovsky
Review: “Incantation” – Virgil Boutellis-Taft, Violin
Violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft presents works by Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Chausson and Bloch.
Review: Tchaikovsky, Barber Violin Concertos – Johan Dalene
On his debut recording for BIS, violinist Johan Dalene plays Tchaikovsky and Barber’s Violin Concertos with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Blendulf.
Year in Review – The Top 10 Most Popular Classical Music Reviews of 2019
For our last post in 2019, we went back and checked our statistics, finding out which reviews were most popular this year.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto – Lozakovich, Spivakov
In his second album for Deutsche Grammophon, violinist Daniel Lozakovich performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with violinist and conductor, Vladimir Spivakov.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 – George Li
George Li performs Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto and solo pieces by Liszt. He is accompanied by the London Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko.
Review – Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 – Haochen Zhang, Piano
Haochen Zhang, in his first concerto recording, presents Tchaikovsky first and Prokofiev’s second Piano Concertos.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Complete Works For Solo Piano – Valentina Lisitsa
Valentina Lisitsa offers a comprehensive survey of the complete piano works by Tchaikovsky, on 10 CDs and 11 hours of music (Decca).
Review: Tchaikovsky – Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3, Scriabin – Piano Concerto – Xiayin Wang
Review: Pianist Xiayin Wang performs Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3, along with Scriabin rarely heard Piano Concerto.
16 Year Old Russian Pianist Wins (Young) Eurovision
Ivan Bessonov, a young Russian pianist has won the Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 competition, held in Edinburgh this year.
