Bruce Liu Plays Variations in B flat major, Op. 2 (18th Chopin Competition, third stage) Canadian pianist Bruce Liu has rocketed to fame since his triumph in the latest Chopin Piano Competition. In his long-awaited debut recital in Hong Kong,

The title of this memoir is a clue to just how much, or how little, the author, the celebrated concert pianist and polymath Sir Stephen Hough, is prepared to reveal. Anyone looking for an account of “how I became a

A composer’s first published works are often interesting discoveries: what did they want to publish with their name on it? How did they want to attract attention? In this new recording by Vladimir Feltsman, we get to explore the first

In this new recording of French songs from the turn of the 20th century, we explore the sonic world of Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), Ernest Chausson (1855–1899), and the unknown Charlotte Sohy (1887–1955). For the soprano, Marie-Laure Garnier, this music covers

Pianist Boris Giltburg has risen to worldwide fame since his victory in Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2013. The ambition of the Moscow-born Israeli pianist can easily be illustrated by his discography (e.g. Rachmaninoff‘s 24 Preludes, Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas &

This sparkling new release from British pianist Daniel Tong opens with an explosive ‘Mannheim rocket’, the dramatic first sentence of the Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 10, No. 1, which sets the tone for an uplifting and very enjoyable

The Minerva Piano Trio, made up of pianist Annie Yim, violinist Michal Ćwiżewicz, and cellist-composer Richard Birchall, have created a new album Dance!, that gives us a revisit of favourite works with a new sound. Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, originally created for

The exceptionally gifted British composer William Baines died 100 years ago on 6 November 1922; he was just 23, yet he left behind a remarkably large body of work, which is celebrated in this new release from pianist Duncan Honeybourne,