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The title piece is a set of variations on a theme from the Irish folk song "Shule Agra." The lyrics to a version known in English as "Johnny Has Gone for a Solider" are hopeful but uncertain. But that doesn't take away from this colorful album's predominantly upbeat feel.

The concert was only a few minutes old and I was already scribbling in my notebook phrases like "as if pulling out the guts of the piano itself." And I meant that admiringly.

In all these works, played magnificently by Jing Yang, Vigeland makes conscious and effective use of the piano's acoustical properties to create sound worlds that couldn't exist in the same way if played by orchestral instruments.

When is an improvisation more than an improvisation? When a spontaneous collaboration gels into something that's more the sum of its parts.

The pianist spoke with us about his upcoming concert at Carnegie, his Chopin project, and commissioning new music from Colorado to Eastern Europe.

Liszt's B minor sonata gives a pianist opportunities to show off blazing technique. But interestingly, Zhang's particular skills allow him to find greater depths of feeling in the piece than I'm used to hearing.

With intensive engagement, astounding energy and charismatic pianism, the Russian pianist offered a wide selection of Chopin masterpieces, then set up Liszt's legendary B Minor Sonata with two short pieces from late in Liszt's life.

Sony Classical's three-CD set of music by Brahms from pianist Igor Levit and the Wiener Philharmoniker brilliantly carries the past into present.

Stellar technique and vast interpretive creativity make this wide-ranging release stand out among this year's many fine piano albums.

The Ukrainian-American pianist read from her memoir 'Weight in the Fingertips' and played classics and music written for her in honor of the book's publication.