Jonathan Biss embarks on a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle, accompanying each concerto with a contemporary piece.
Tag: Piano
Classical music reviews, beginners guides and editor’s choice of album with piano.
Review: The Vienna Recital – Yuja Wang, Piano
Yuja Wang in a live recording from Vienna’s Konzerthaus, with works by Beethoven, Scriabin, Albéniz, Kapustin, Ligeti, and Glass.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
Review: Chopin – Études – Yunchan Lim
Yunchan Lim performs Chopin’s Études opus 10 & 25.
Review: “Four Hands” – Alexandre Tharaud
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud is joined by 22 pianists and musicians in works for piano four hands.
Review: Mozart – The Sonata Project, Salzburg – Yundi, Piano
Yundi plays Mozart’s piano sonatas K. 310, 331 and 457, with the C Minor Fantasie, K. 475
Review: Mozart and Strauss Lieder – Sabine Devieilhe, Mathieu Pordoy
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Mathieu Pordoy in a recital of songs by Mozart and Richard Strauss.
Review: Fauré – Complete Piano Music – Lucas Debargue
Lucas Debargue performs Gabriel Fauré’s entire piano music, on a Stephen Paulello “Opus 102” instrument.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, June 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
Review: Beethoven For Three – Symphony No. 4 and “Archduke” Trio – Ax, Kavakos, Ma
Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma in Shai Wosner’s arrangement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 for piano trio. The group also performs the “Archduke” trio.
