Tag Archives: piano

It's as if the violin can't stop swatting at mosquitos while the cello sings a sad, halting, unmoored kind of song.

Pianist Donald Pirone continues his long engagement with the music of Karol Rathaus on a new EP featuring the composer's fourth Piano Sonata.

The 2022 Honens International Piano Competition winner releases his Pentatone debut with concertos for the left hand by Ravel, Prokofiev, and Sergei Bortkiewicz, all composed for pianist Paul Wittgenstein in the early 20th century.

A job interview in music form? Skillful interplay among the instruments and the contrasting moods of the responses show once again a sensibility deeply rooted in the human.

The often meditative music included the world premiere of a substantial new work for two pianos, two percussionists, and viola.

'Twelve Blocks' further establishes Michael Stephen Brown as a composer with skills on par with his pianistic virtuosity.

Pletnev seems to model his tempos and rhythmic freedom after human speech, or, where a tempo is fast, the pace of thought.

Ma's impressive recital was an almost nonstop whirlwind of effervescent power.

"The score is not an endpoint but a starting point. Music truly comes alive in the moment – in breath, time, and immediate reaction."

A set of 16 piano pieces by Adam Roberts is replete with pianistic virtues, thanks to a symbiotic connection between the score and pianist Conrad Tao.