Four recent Chopin release reviewed: Albums by pianists Gábor Farkas, Chen Xue-Hong, Vladimir Feltsman and Charles Richard-Hamelin.
Tag: Piano
Classical music reviews, beginners guides and editor’s choice of album with piano.
Review: Denis Kozhukhin Plays Grieg And Mendelssohn
Denis Kozhukhin presents excerpts from Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces” and Mendelssohn’s “Songs without Words”.
Review: “Romance” – Isata Kanneh-Mason Plays Clara Schumann
Isata Kanneh-Mason presents a varied program of Clara Schumann’s music with piano, celebrating the famous pianist and composer’s bicentenary.
Alexandre Kantorow is the Winner of 2019 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition
The French pianist Alexandre Kantorow has been chosen as the winner of the prestigious Tchaikovsky Piano Competition for 2019.
Review: “L’Album des Six” – Corinna Simon, Piano
Pianist Corinna Simon plays music by Auric, Durey, Honegger, Poulenc, Tailleferre and Milhaud.
Review: “Miroirs” – Melvyn Tan, Piano
Melvyn Tan builds a program of three centuries of music, all centered around Ravel’s “Miroirs”.
Review: Mozart – Piano Concerto 20, 21 – Bavouzet (2019)
In his fourth volume of Mozart complete Piano Concertos, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays concertos No. 20 (K.466) and 21 (K.467). The Manchester Camerata accompanies and plays the Don Giovanni Overture.
Review: Mozart – Piano Sonatas – Lars Vogt (2019)
Lars Vogt plays Mozart’s solo piano sonatas k280, k281, k310 and k333.
Review: Saint-Saëns – Piano Concertos No. 3-5 – Alexandre Kantorow
Following their joined Liszt album, Alexandre Kantorow and father Jean-Jacques present three piano concertos by Saint-Saëns.
Double Review: Beethoven – Cello Sonatas – Marc Coppey, Leonard Elschenbroich
Two new versions is of Beethoven’s complete Cello Sonatas reviewed: Leonard Elschenbroich with Alexei Grynyuk on Onyx, and Marc Coppey with Peter Laul on Audite
