BBC Music magazine free cover disc. French Piano Works. Solo piano pieces by Satie, Hahn, Honegger, Poulenc and , although not French, Mompou. Performer Anne Queffelec.
Also Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos with Queffelec and Frank Braley and the BBC NOW conducted by Grant Llewelyn.
Saturday 13 February 2016
Saturday 6 February 2016
Off The Cuff
Schubert Four Impromptus D899, Four Impromptus D935
Performer : Radu Lupu piano
What must now be regarded as vintage recordings from 1983 but illustrating the artistry of the reclusive pianist.
Performer : Radu Lupu piano
What must now be regarded as vintage recordings from 1983 but illustrating the artistry of the reclusive pianist.
A Mere Bagatelle
Lieder & Bagatellen - Beethoven
Performers : Werner Gura tenor, Christoph Berner fortepiano
Selection of Beethoven lieder including An die ferne Geliebte, with the six bagatelles for solo piano interspersed between songs. A concept that works very well since the bagatelles, though related, are not thematic.
Performers : Werner Gura tenor, Christoph Berner fortepiano
Selection of Beethoven lieder including An die ferne Geliebte, with the six bagatelles for solo piano interspersed between songs. A concept that works very well since the bagatelles, though related, are not thematic.
Friday 5 February 2016
Because The Night
In The Night - Stephen Hough, piano.
Nocturne themed recital with Schumann In der Nacht, Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, Chopin Two Nocturnes op 27, Hough Piano Sonata no 2 and Schumann Carnaval.
Hough's own sonata makes a very interesting centre piece bookended by the more familiar material which is also sensitively performed.
Nocturne themed recital with Schumann In der Nacht, Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, Chopin Two Nocturnes op 27, Hough Piano Sonata no 2 and Schumann Carnaval.
Hough's own sonata makes a very interesting centre piece bookended by the more familiar material which is also sensitively performed.
But They Only Wrote For The Piano ?
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata, Vocalise transcription.
Chopin Cello Sonata, Etude transcription and Introduction and Polonaise Brillante transcription.
Performers : Alisa Weilerstein cello, Inon Barnatan piano.
Two composers not noted for chamber music other than the piano but an outstanding disc.
Chopin Cello Sonata, Etude transcription and Introduction and Polonaise Brillante transcription.
Performers : Alisa Weilerstein cello, Inon Barnatan piano.
Two composers not noted for chamber music other than the piano but an outstanding disc.
Thursday 4 February 2016
I Came To Dance
Dances : Benjamin Grosvenor piano.
Recital of disparate pieces, ostensibly all with a dance theme. Though I can not imagine leaping around the room to it. For several the only dance element is in the title ( mazurka, polonaise, waltz ) But that does not take away from the quality of Grosvenor's playing. Works by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Granados and rather more disposable pieces by Schukz-Evler, Albeniz and Morton Gould's brief boogie woogie etude.
Recital of disparate pieces, ostensibly all with a dance theme. Though I can not imagine leaping around the room to it. For several the only dance element is in the title ( mazurka, polonaise, waltz ) But that does not take away from the quality of Grosvenor's playing. Works by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Granados and rather more disposable pieces by Schukz-Evler, Albeniz and Morton Gould's brief boogie woogie etude.
Surveying Brahms
Brahms : The Violin Sonatas
Violin sonatas 1, 2 and 3 plus Scherzo in C minor and Wiegenlied.
Performers ; Leonidas Kavakos violin, Yuja Wang piano.
A starry duo sublimating egos at the service of the music.
Violin sonatas 1, 2 and 3 plus Scherzo in C minor and Wiegenlied.
Performers ; Leonidas Kavakos violin, Yuja Wang piano.
A starry duo sublimating egos at the service of the music.
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