Magdalena Kožená and Mitsuko Uchida perform songs by Debussy and Messiaen.
Tag: Piano
Classical music reviews, beginners guides and editor’s choice of album with piano.
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.
Review: Brahms – Lieder – Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber
Baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber in a Brahms Lieder program.
Review: Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3 – Yunchan Lim
Yunchan Lim plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, in a live recording from the Van Cliburn Competition.
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.
Review: ‘Chopin Intime” – Justin Taylor, Pianino Pleyel 1839
Justin Taylor plays Chopin on a Pleyel Pianino from 1839, including Preludes, Nocturnes Mazurkas and Etudes.
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.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – May 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Review: ‘Beethoven 5, Vol. 3’ – Jonathan Biss
Jonathan Biss continues his Beethoven piano concertos cycle, with the second concerto, adding Timo Andres’ ‘the Blind Banister’.
Review: Liszt – Via Crucis & Solo Works – Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes performs Liszt’s Consolations and late religious works with The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir.
