Nelson Friere presents a diverse program of short piano pieces, from Baroque to Romantic and Latin miniatures.
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Classical music reviews, beginners guides and editor’s choice of album with piano.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Concertos – Brautigam (2019)
This is Ronald Brautigam’s second recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos cycle, this time on period instruments with Die Kölner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens.
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: Scarlatti – 52 Keyboard Sonatas – Lucas Debargue
Lucas Debargue plays 52 out of Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard sonatas on the piano, spanning over 4 CDs.
Review: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 and 2 – Boris Giltburg
Boris Giltburg and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko with a start to a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle.
Review: “Destination Rachmaninov – Arrival” – Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3 – Daniil Trifonov
Daniil Trifonov closes his Rachmaninov cycle with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Review: Beethoven – Piano Concertos (Complete) – Jan Lisiecki
As part of Deutsche Grammophon’s Beethoven 250 celebrations, Jan Lisiecki plays and conducts from the keyboard the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Sonatas – Igor Levit
Following his 2013 debut recording of Beethoven’s five last Piano Sonatas, Igor Levit presents the remaining 27, completing the cycle.
Mozart – Piano Concertos No. 17 and 24 – Orli Shaham
Orli Shaham, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and David Robertson present two Piano Concertos from the height of Mozart’s popularity in Vienna.
Review: Ivo Pogorelich Plays Beethoven and Rachmaninov (2019)
In his first album in more than 20 years, pianist Ivo Pogorelich plays two sonatas by Beethoven and Rachmaninov’s second Piano Sonata.
