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100 years of classical music at the BBC

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

| Gramophone

Centenary celebrations at the BBC will come to life this October with an eight-hour continuous soundscape on BBC Radio 3

Video of the Day: Lawrence Power plays Westhoff Imitation of the Bells

Features

Monday, October 3, 2022

| Gramophone

Cornwall's St Ives forms the backdrop for our Video of the Day: a project between violist Lawrence Power and film maker Jessie Rodger.

Countdown to the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2022

Classical Music News

Monday, October 3, 2022

| Gramophone

Stay up-to-date with the Gramophone Awards as we announce the winners on Tuesday night!

L'Oiseau Rebelle (Mikhaïl Bouzine)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Bouzine’s ingenious programme is split into sections, opening with Snoop Dogg’s You Betta Ask Somebody and Langgaard’s Le Béguinage

Etudes (Jill Richards and Kevin Volans)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Performances by South African pianist Jill Richards, long-time interpreter of Volans, are exciting and compelling

Ian Hobson: music of my life

Features

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

British pianist and conductor Ian Hobson selects special recordings from across the years

Schulhoff: Piano Concerto, Op 11 (Michael Rische)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Its youthful ebullience foreshadows Weimar irreverence, and its bright and brilliant demeanour is very infectious

Philip Martin: 24 Preludes (Chorphilia KK-CPP08)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Martin is able to cast sonic spells with the minimum quantity of notes

Mozart: The Piano Sonatas on Mozart’s fortepiano (Robert Levin)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Levin makes imaginative educated guesses based on decades of study

Rachmaninov & Brahms (Yuja Wang, Andreas Ottensamer, Gautier Capuçon)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Cool efficiency is assured; their collective skills readily overcome tricky corner

Debussy: Piano Duets (Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Interpretations that relish the music’s sensuously fragile mélodies and other-worldly phrasing

Arens: One Hand Piano 2 - Another 40 Pieces for Left or Right (Edition Breitkopf 9409)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

This collection will be useful for players seeking to build their technique in one hand over the other

Khachaturian: Piano Concerto (Iyad Sughayer)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

There is ample glitter in Sughayer’s performance, particularly when heard in BIS’s modern sound

From Afar (Víkingur Ólafsson)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

The whole album has been recorded twice – once on a Steinway grand, then again on a felt-covered upright for greater intimacy and a sense of nostalgia

One-Handed Piano Compositions and Injury Awareness: History, Study of Selected Works and Mindful Practice (Zheni Georgieva Atanasova)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Atanasova has produced a stimulating, introductory book to important subjects

Fauré: Piano Music (Hannes Minnaar)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

No pianist since the more Romantically inclined Germaine Thyssens-Valentin has shown a greater empathy for Fauré’s range

Schubert: Sonata in E-flat major Op post 122/D568 (G Henle Verlag HN 1557)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Henle’s layout is beautiful and clear, with discreet but helpful fingerings from Martin Helmchen

Festival Focus: Verbier Festival

Features

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

The Verbier Festival has stood the test of time, attracting a nucleus of loyal stars to an event that is something of a pilgrimage. Michael Church reports

The Americanist (Elizabeth Newkirk)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

A compelling album, well worth seeking out

Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol 1 (Ronald Brautigam)

Review

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Ronald Brautigam niftily gets his fingers around Wilms’ complex passagework

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100 years of classical music at the BBC

Video of the Day: Lawrence Power plays Westhoff Imitation of the Bells

Countdown to the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2022

L'Oiseau Rebelle (Mikhaïl Bouzine)

Etudes (Jill Richards and Kevin Volans)

Ian Hobson: music of my life

Schulhoff: Piano Concerto, Op 11 (Michael Rische)

Philip Martin: 24 Preludes (Chorphilia KK-CPP08)

Mozart: The Piano Sonatas on Mozart’s fortepiano (Robert Levin)

Rachmaninov & Brahms (Yuja Wang, Andreas Ottensamer, Gautier Capuçon)

Debussy: Piano Duets (Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier)

Arens: One Hand Piano 2 - Another 40 Pieces for Left or Right (Edition Breitkopf 9409)

Khachaturian: Piano Concerto (Iyad Sughayer)

From Afar (Víkingur Ólafsson)

One-Handed Piano Compositions and Injury Awareness: History, Study of Selected Works and Mindful Practice (Zheni Georgieva Atanasova)

Fauré: Piano Music (Hannes Minnaar)

Schubert: Sonata in E-flat major Op post 122/D568 (G Henle Verlag HN 1557)

Festival Focus: Verbier Festival

The Americanist (Elizabeth Newkirk)

Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol 1 (Ronald Brautigam)

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