Video of the day: Shakespeare Songs with Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano
- Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Bostridge and Pappano perform Quilter's 'Come Away Death'
Bostridge and Pappano perform Quilter's 'Come Away Death'
Michael McManus invites 10 of today’s leading pianists to discuss 10 great examples of the Piano Concerto
For the British pianist, the ‘Emperor’ is a robust concerto which feels fresh every time
The American-born, Paris-trained pianist on Brahms’s ‘symphony with piano obbligato’
The Norwegian pianist grew up with Grieg’s famous concerto, yet still finds it a force of nature
For Hewitt, the transcendental power of Mozart’s last piano concerto makes it emotional to play
Tricky fingerings, hand-crossing…Prokofiev pushes his pianist to the limits, says Bavouzet
The Frenchman admires this showpiece – but being French isn’t a prerequisite for playing Ravel
Rachmaninov is unsurpassed when it comes to producing colour from harmony, says Hough
It may seem straightforward, says the Russian pianist, but Shostakovich’s Second is anything but
The Argentinian pianist is swept away by the poetry of this ‘story of passion and abandon’
Aiming for lyricism, not aggression, is the key to conquering Tchaikovsky’s Concerto, says Sudbin
Peter Quantrill speaks to the conductor Pablo Heras-Casado about the challenges of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No 3 – a piece that ‘has everything’
In a Gramophone video exclusive, Grosvenor performs Mendelssohn's F minor Prelude
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