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Bartók: Bagatelles. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, Book 2. Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Op 50 (Piotr Anderszewski)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

This is an extraordinary album; hardly for those of a nervous disposition or for late-night listening

‘Berlin 1923’ – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 15. Schulhoff: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 43 (Herbert Schuch)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

The finale is a total success, with good dynamic variety and a marvellously rowdy delivery of the central subordinate theme

Field: 18 Nocturnes (Tyler Hay)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Tyler Hay’s performance draws as much attention to Field’s similarity with Dussek, Hummel, late Clementi and even Beethoven as to his influence on Chopin

Championing the music of Dorothy Howell: ‘Her music jumped off the page - it was evocative, bold and imaginative, overflowing with fantastic colours and character’

Blogs

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Gramophone

I hope listeners will love these colourful, characterful, skilful works as much as I do, and that they will also become enthralled with Dorothy Howell’s ferocious talent and fascinating story

Saint-Saëns: Six études pour piano, Op 52 (Bärenreiter)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Bärenreiter has done Saint-Säens proud with this release

‘Natural Connection – Piano Music Inspired by the Natural World’ (Leon McCawley)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Obviously there’s room in the market for compilations like this, but Leon McCawley’s artistry surely deserves a better vehicle

Must Watch: 'Here There Be Mermaids'

Classical Music News

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Gramophone

To mark International Women's Day, listen to the brand new work performed by Lyyra and the Mars Smith duo

N Boulanger: Fantaisie variée. Fauré: Après un rêve, etc. Hahn Piano Concerto (William Youn)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

I doubt if Youn’s more neutral performance will win new friends for music dismissed as difficult and obscure

Nikolai Lugansky: Mad for Wagner

Features

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Having recorded an album of transcriptions from Wagner’s greatest operas, Nikolai Lugansky talks to Tim Parry about his relationship with music that gripped him as a teenager and won’t let go

Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes (Nikolai Lugansky)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Lugansky takes us on an eternal journey, metamorphosing his Steinway into a larger-than-life orchestra intricate in texture, colour and associative imagery

Dalia's Mixtape: Anna Meredith's Nautilus

Podcasts

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Gramophone

An exciting new orchestral project is launched in style

Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 83. Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy, D760 (Elly Ney)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Ney is a classic case of the divided self, the frequent division of an artist’s outer and inner nature

Brown: Baroquery, Op 105. 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op 99 (Nathan Williamson)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Taken as a whole, this is a remarkably assured set, one that in whole or in part deserves the widest currency

Sony Classical signs pianist Hayato Sumino

Classical Music News

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Gramophone

Japanese pianist, composer and social media star Hayato Sumino joins Sony Classical's roster of artists

Samuil Feinberg: a life in the service of art

Features

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Continuing his series of articles on great 20th-century Russian pianists, Farhan Malik explores the life and distinctive pianism of Samuil Feinberg

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Bartók: Bagatelles. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, Book 2. Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Op 50 (Piotr Anderszewski)

‘Berlin 1923’ – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 15. Schulhoff: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 43 (Herbert Schuch)

Field: 18 Nocturnes (Tyler Hay)

Championing the music of Dorothy Howell: ‘Her music jumped off the page - it was evocative, bold and imaginative, overflowing with fantastic colours and character’

Saint-Saëns: Six études pour piano, Op 52 (Bärenreiter)

‘Natural Connection – Piano Music Inspired by the Natural World’ (Leon McCawley)

Must Watch: 'Here There Be Mermaids'

N Boulanger: Fantaisie variée. Fauré: Après un rêve, etc. Hahn Piano Concerto (William Youn)

Nikolai Lugansky: Mad for Wagner

Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes (Nikolai Lugansky)

Dalia's Mixtape: Anna Meredith's Nautilus

Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 83. Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy, D760 (Elly Ney)

Brown: Baroquery, Op 105. 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op 99 (Nathan Williamson)

Sony Classical signs pianist Hayato Sumino

Samuil Feinberg: a life in the service of art

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