András Schiff plays and conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Brahms’ two Piano Concertos, using period instruments.
Tag: Piano
Classical music reviews, beginners guides and editor’s choice of album with piano.
Review: Four Recent Chopin Albums (2021)
Every month, there are numerous Chopin recordings being released. Tal Agam writes about four new Chopin albums worthy of attention.
Review: Beethoven – The Last Three Piano Sonatas – Sunwook Kim
Sunwook Kim returns to Beethoven, with the last three Piano Sonatas, Op. 109-111.
Review: Benjamin Grosvenor Plays Liszt
Benjamin Grosvenor in a Liszt recital, playing the B Minor Piano Sonata as well as Tre Sonetti di Petrarca and Réminiscences de Norma.
Review: Prokofiev – Piano Works – Nicholas Angelich
Nicholas Angelich plays Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 8, Visions fugitives and excerpts from Romeo & Juliet.
Review: Bach-Busoni – Goldberg Variations, Chaconne – Chiyan Wong
Chiyan Wong performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations in the Busoni edition (1914), with the Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s Chaconne from the second violin Partita.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, March 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Janáček – Piano Works – Lars Vogt
Lars Vogt in a piano recital of music by Leoš Janáček: Piano Sonata, “In the Mists” and “On an Overgrown Path”.
Review: Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (Excerpts) – Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski plays 12 Preludes and Fugues from the second book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, February 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.