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Review: Chopin – Piano Sonatas No. 2 & 3 – Benjamin Grosvenor
Benjamin Grosvenor plays Chopin's piano sonatas No. 2 & 3, the first Ballade, Berceuse and two Nocturnes.
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Review: Scriabin – Vers la Flamme – Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano
Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin presents a Scriabin program, including Vers la flamme, piano sonatas No. 4 & 10, preludes and etudes.
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Review: Shostakovich – The Piano Concertos, Solo Works – Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang performs Shostakovich's two piano concertos and solo works, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons.
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Review: Ravel – Complete Works For Solo Piano – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs Maurice Ravel's complete works for solo piano.
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Review: “Preludes” – Jan Lisiecki, Piano
Jan Lisiecki plays preludes by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Bach, Messiaen and Górecki.
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Review: Rachmaninoff – Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, The Isle of the Dead – Boris Giltburg
Boris Giltburg performs Rachmaninoff's two piano sonatas, with a new arrangement for piano of The Isle of the Dead.
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In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – February 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
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Review: John Field – Complete Nocturnes – Alice Sara Ott
Alice Sara Ott plays John field's 18 Nocturnes.
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Review: Khachaturian – Piano Concerto, Solo Works – Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Jean-Yves Thibaudet is joined by the LA Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel in Khachaturian's Piano Concerto and other works.
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Review: The Age of Extremes – Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d’Oro
Harpsichordist and director Francesco Corti leads Il Pomo d’Oro in works by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Georg Benda.