Orli Shaham, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and David Robertson present two Piano Concertos from the height of Mozart’s popularity in Vienna.
Tag: Piano
Classical music reviews, beginners guides and editor’s choice of album with piano.
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.
Review: Haydn – Symphonies Transcriptions By Stegmann – Ivan Ilić, Piano
Piano transcriptions of Haydn’s symphonies No. 44, 75 & 92, made by Carl David Stegmann.
Review – Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 – Haochen Zhang, Piano
Haochen Zhang, in his first concerto recording, presents Tchaikovsky first and Prokofiev’s second Piano Concertos.
Review: Four Recent Chopin Albums (2019)
Four recent Chopin release reviewed: Albums by pianists Gábor Farkas, Chen Xue-Hong, Vladimir Feltsman and Charles Richard-Hamelin.
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”.
