A late masterpiece by Beethoven lies at the heart of this new release by Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson to create a dialogue across the centuries. ‘The works of Beethoven’s third creative period feel both intimate and cosmic. It is the

In a new recording, clarinettist Jonas Frølund takes on the complexity of Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto, written with two soloists in mind: the clarinettist and a snare drummer. Much like Shostakovich’s first piano concerto, written for piano and trumpet, this

This new release of music by British composer Francis Pott, performed by Duncan Honeybourne, brings together piano works written between 1983 and 1997. The title of the album, ‘A House of Ghosts’, reflects the character of the pieces: short works

The new recording by Mikhail Pletnev brings us his unforgettable touch on two of the most fundamentally important works in the piano repertoire: the preludes by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) and Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915). Written some 50 years apart, in 1839

This new album from Israeli pianist Yehuda Inbar, released ahead of György Kurtág‘s 100th birthday in February 2026, brings together music written over 200 years apart – a selection of pieces from different Ordres by Couperin and from various books

Nine Piano Pieces for the Right Hand Alone for advanced pianists by Béla Hartmann In piano literature, works for the left hand alone have a more familiar history—often born of necessity after injury. Paul Wittgenstein, for example, famously commissioned left-hand

In two strikingly different orchestral works, Two Brothers and Five Curiosities, composer Charles Mauleverer explores the dual forces that shape our lives: the weight of history and the intimacy of place. One piece reaches back into the trauma, sacrifice, and overlooked narratives of

November 14 saw a world premiere at San Francisco Opera: Huang Ruo’s The Monkey King, with a libretto by David Henry Hwang, based on Journey to the West, 16th-century multi-volume epic attributed to Wu Cheng’en. Running through November 30, with