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Finnis: Youth. Lullaby for Emmeline (Clare Hammond)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

A collection that warrants further instalments in due course

Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux, Op 39 (Yoav Levanon)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

There have been some tremendous versions of the Études-tableaux in the past few decades but I would place Levanon’s recording near to the top

The nuts and bolts of piano technique – Part 1: Octaves

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Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

A manual breaking down aspects of piano technique with practical advice and step-by-step guidance for players of all standards, written for International Piano by Murray McLachlan

Reflections on recording the nocturnes of John Field

Features

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Having recorded the complete nocturnes of John Field, Tyler Hay outlines what drew him to the composer and explains the lasting value of his underrated body of work

International Piano meets ... Paul Lewis

Features

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Paul Lewis tell us what music is practicing at the moment, what works he would love to learn and which composers are the most underrated

Historical Perspectives: Carl Friedberg

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Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Mark Ainley introduces the historically invaluable legacy of Carl Friedberg, a pianist who studied with Clara Schumann, was coached by Brahms and taught for many years at Juilliard

One to Watch: Jan Čmejla

Features

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Jed Distler is bowled over by the musical empathy and strong personality of Jan Čmejla, a young Czech pianist who is making waves on both sides of the Atlantic

‘It’s possible to have performed a piece too much, to have played it to the point of unconscious routine’ | Kenneth Hamilton column

Features

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

In a new column for International Piano, the pianist, writer and musicologist Kenneth Hamilton reflects on a throwaway remark from a fellow pianist and writer, the late Charles Rosen, and asks: can we sometimes play ‘too well’?

Mendelssohn: Songs without Words – selection. Alkan: La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer (Igor Levit)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Levit brings rare nobility and intensity to 14 of Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words, his individualised selection spanning a period from 1829 to 1844

Edinburgh International Festival announces 2024 programme

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| Gramophone

The 'world's Festival City' to host performances by world-class musicians

Verdi: La Traviata at Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet | Live Review

Review

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| Opera Now

'Ivan Cherednichenko and the orchestra a gave a robust reading of the score with a rich-sounding string section at its heart topped by some colourful woodwind solos'

RPS announces winners of 2024 awards

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| Gramophone

UK music society hosts its awards in Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music for the first time

Chandos Records acquired by Naxos founder Klaus Heymann

Classical Music News

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Gramophone

Klaus Heymann writes: ‘I decided to acquire Chandos personally to give Ralph the certainty that the label will remain independent long-term’

In conversation with: Jonathan Bloxham

Features

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Opera Now

We caught up with conductor Jonathan Bloxham to discuss his new role at Luzerner Theater

Smetana’s Má vlast, an introduction by Semyon Bychkov

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Monday, March 4, 2024

| Gramophone

Semyon Bychkov tells Michael McManus about the extrordinary power of Smetana’s masterpiece Má vlast, which he has recorded with the Czech Philharmonic for Pentatone

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Finnis: Youth. Lullaby for Emmeline (Clare Hammond)

Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux, Op 39 (Yoav Levanon)

The nuts and bolts of piano technique – Part 1: Octaves

Reflections on recording the nocturnes of John Field

International Piano meets ... Paul Lewis

Historical Perspectives: Carl Friedberg

One to Watch: Jan Čmejla

‘It’s possible to have performed a piece too much, to have played it to the point of unconscious routine’ | Kenneth Hamilton column

Mendelssohn: Songs without Words – selection. Alkan: La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer (Igor Levit)

Edinburgh International Festival announces 2024 programme

Verdi: La Traviata at Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet | Live Review

RPS announces winners of 2024 awards

Chandos Records acquired by Naxos founder Klaus Heymann

In conversation with: Jonathan Bloxham

Smetana’s Má vlast, an introduction by Semyon Bychkov

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