Justin Taylor plays Chopin on a Pleyel Pianino from 1839, including Preludes, Nocturnes Mazurkas and Etudes.
Tag: Romantic
Review: Scriabin – Vers la Flamme – Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano
Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin presents a Scriabin program, including Vers la flamme, piano sonatas No. 4 & 10, preludes and etudes.
Review: Brahms – Complete Symphonies – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in his second recording of the complete Brahms symphonies.
Review: Wagner – Der fliegende Holländer – Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, Edward Gardner
Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley take on the leading roles in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, conducted by Edward Gardner.
Review: Liszt – Via Crucis & Solo Works – Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes performs Liszt’s Consolations and late religious works with The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir.
Review: Brahms – Piano Quartets No. 2 & 3 – Zimerman, Nowak, Budnik, Okamoto
Krystian Zimerman joins Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik and Yuya Okamoto in Brahms’ piano quartets No. 2 and 3.
Review: “Preludes” – Jan Lisiecki, Piano
Jan Lisiecki plays preludes by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Bach, Messiaen and Górecki.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, March 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem (1868 Bremen Version) – Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano in a recreation of the 1868 Premier program of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem.
Review: “Twilight” – Schumann Songs – Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini
Ian Bostridge and Saskia Giorgini in songs by Robert Schumann, including Liederkreis, Op. 39.