A live performance of the complete Beethoven piano concerto cycle featuring Garrick Ohlsson, Sir Donald Runnicles and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.
Tag: Piano
Classical music reviews, beginners guides and editor’s choice of album with piano.
Review: Music for a New Century – Daniel Hope, Violin
Daniel Hope presents works of living composers including Philip Glass and Tan Dun.
Review: Childhood Tales – Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano
Isata Kanneh-Mason presents music about youth by Mozart, Schumann, Debussy, and Dohnányi, inspired by her own childhood memories.
Review: Fantasie – Alexander Melnikov
Alexander Melnikov’s explores music from the Baroque to the 20th century on 7 different instruments.
Pianist Menahem Pressler Has Died
The renowned pianist and chamber musician, passed away at the age of 99.
Review: Compositrices – Bru Zane
Bru Zane’s ongoing advocacy of French music from 1780-1920 continues with a boxed set of over 10 hours of music by 21 French women composers.
Review: Chopin – Rafał Blechacz, Piano
Pianist Rafał Blechacz presents an all-Chopin disc featuring two sonatas, the Barcarolle, and a nocturne.
Review: Schumann & Brahms – Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano
Benjamin Grosvenor continues to explore composers of the Romantic era, this time with works by Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.
Review: The American Project – Yuja Wang, Piano
Yuja Wang performs Teddy Abram’s jazz-inspired Piano Concerto with the Louisville Symphony along with a solo work by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Review: Mozart – Piano Concertos 21 & 24 – Levin, AAM, Egarr
After a 20 years hiatus, Robert Levin continues his cycle of Mozart’s complete piano concertos (2023).