Notos Quartett performs the Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47, by Robert Schumann. Recorded live in Madrid Auditorio Sony on October 16th, 2015.
Category Archives: Piano
Chopin: Four Ballades [Krystian Zimerman]
Polish virtuoso pianist Krystian Zimerman performs Frédéric Chopin’s four ballades. Composed between 1831 and 1842, four ballades are one-movement pieces for solo piano. They are widely considered some of the most challenging pieces in the standard piano repertoire.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” [Glenn Gould]
Accompanied by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists, Glenn Gould performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, popularly known as the “Emperor”. Conductor: Karel Ančerl.
Fedorova plays Mozart, Chopin, Schumann and Rachmaninoff
Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova plays pieces from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Recorded on December 8, 2016, at the Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Published by the AVROTROS Klassiek.
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy [Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic, Francesch]
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker), Wiener Jeunesse Choir, and the Uruguay-born Swiss pianist Homero Francesch as a soloist perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80; simply known as the “Choral Fantasy”.
Gerard Drozd – Triptych, Op. 160 for viola and piano
Polish violist Ewa Guzowska and the Polish pianist Maria Koszewska-Wajdzik perform Gerard Drozd’s Triptych, Op. 160 for viola and piano. The work is composed in March 2016, and dedicated to Ewa Guzowska. It is premiered on October 25, 2016.
Liszt: Sonata in B minor [Mariam Batsashvili]
Georgian classical pianist Mariam Batsashvili performs Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B minor (German: Klaviersonate h-moll), S.178, a sonata for solo piano. Recorded at the Muziekcentrum Van de Omroep, Hilversum, Netherlands on November 20, 2016. Published by AVROTROS Klassiek.
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 (Kreutzer) [Leonid Kogan, Nina Kogan]
The great Ukraine-born Soviet violinist of the 20th century, Leonid Kogan, and his daughter Nina Kogan perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9 Opus 47, commonly known as the “Kreutzer Sonata”.
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue [Michel Camilo]
Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), Michel Camilo, the Grammy-award winning pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic performs George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada. Composed in 1924, the work is for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Recorded at the Weseler …
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Chopin: Winter Wind [Anna Fedorova]
Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova plays Étude Op. 25, No. 11 in A minor, a solo piano technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836. The piece is often referred to as the Winter Wind in English.
