RAVEL
Piano Concertos / Miroirs Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "Aimard is a pianist completely immersed in the French repertoire of the 20th century and attuned to Ravel's particular sound world." (Gramophone Awards Shortlisted 2011) |
DVORAK
Piano Concerto / The Golden Spinning Wheel Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "The Concerto finally sounds like better music than it is - superb coupling, too." -Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak Edition: The Slavonic Soul Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Lucia Popp (soprano) Jacqueline du Pré (cello) Alban Berg Quartett, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, etc [ Warner Classics / 27 CD/DVD Box Set - released 11/Jun/2021 ] This box provides an illuminating and enriching survey of Dvorak's works, including his complete symphonies. A number of the celebrated performers have Slavonic roots themselves; all their interpretations draw on a deep affinity with the composer. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
100 Best Beethoven (6 CD set) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Emil Gilels (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), and others [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2019 ] Sit back, relax and take a wild Beethoven journey. Some of the world's most popular music are here performed by some of the finest artists from the Warner and Erato catalogue. |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Piano Concertos Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Pentatone / CD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard joins forces with the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen for a recording of Bartok's complete piano concertos. A pianist himself, Bartok imbued his three concertos with multiple aspects of his... |
GEORGE BENJAMIN
Shadowlines, Viola, Viola, Three Studies, Piano Sonata Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Tabea Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit (violas) George Benjamin (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 29/Jun/2004 ] This disc includes the World Premiere recordings of Shadowlines, written for its performer here, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, in 2001, and the Three Studies for Piano, written during the early 1980s and played here by the composer. Coupled with these are... |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN / GEORGE ENESCU / OLIVER KNUSSEN / HARRISON BIRSTWISTLE
Visions Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] "Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard's exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to his youth when he studied with both of them" Five Stars BBC |
VASSOS NICOLAOU
Nicolaou: Etudes & Frames Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Jan/2023 ] On Etudes & Frames, pianist Tamara Stefanovich presents the music of contemporary master Vassos Nicolaou. In his Etudes, Nicolaou uses virtuosity as a means to explore forms made of complex rhythms, great speed and multi-layered sound. Each of the... |
Pierre/Lush/Moore Fournier
Pierre Fournier [ Testament / CD ] |
DEBUSSY / FERNEYHOUGH / YOSHIHISA TAIRA
Pierre-Yves Artaud: Flute Master & Teacher Pierre-Yves Artaud / Emmanuel Pahud / Brian Ferneyhough [ Harmonia Mundi / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] One of a series edited by François Manceaux & Olivier Bernager in partnership with Arte & France Musique, uncovering great musicians of our time. |
BERG
Violin Concerto / Chamber Concerto for Violin and Piano / Three Orchestral Pieces Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] |
VARIOUS
Hommage a Sevilla - Great opera scenes filmed on location in Seville. Placido Domingo / Victoria Vergara / Virgina Alonso / James Levine / Jean-Pierre Ponnelle [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel / DVD - released 7/Mar/2007 ] G :- "Domingo duets with himself amid stunning Seville locations in Ponnelle's witty 1980s recital-cum-travelogue, featuring roles both tenor and baritone from some of the innumerable operas set there." (***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine June 2007) |
Rampal/Jean-Pierre
Romantic Music - Two Flutes & [ Delos / CD ] |
Raphaël Imbert, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Pierre-François Blanchard & Sonny Troupe
Invisible Stream [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jun/2022 ] Invisible Stream: the "unseen currents" are those that connect people and musical works by transcending styles or customary aesthetic and cultural boundaries. A feast of poetic expression organized by four key representatives of both the classical... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Sonatas & Trio Renaud Capucon (violin) Gérard Caussé (viola) Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) Edgar Moreau (cello) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Their readings of the late sonatas are packed with glorious detail, while Renaud Capuçon, Bertrand Chamayou and Edgar Moreau make a great case for the early Piano Trio.' BBC Music Award WINNER 2018 - Chamber |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Trios pour piano et cordes (Intégrale musique de chambre), Vol. 8 (Live) Éric Le Sage (piano), Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), François Salque (cello) [ B Records / 2 CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Intimidated by his grandiose predecessors and petrified by expectations, Johannes Brahms hesitated before publishing his first trio, a masterpiece in Viennese Romanticism. Its two 'siblings' composed later would put the finishing touches to... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio Op.50 Roge Roge (piano) Pierre Amoyal (violin) Frederic Lodeon (cello) [ Apex / CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] |
ANDRE MESSAGER
Messager: Les P'tites Michu (complete operetta) Romain Dayez, Pierre Dumoussaud, Anne-Aurore Cochet, Marie Lenormand / Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pierre Dumoussaud [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 11/Jan/2019 ] "The cast is predominantly youthful, as is the conductor Pierre Dumoussaud. Their account of the work is uniformly spirited, energetic, sympathetique and also full of comic broadness. But there's the rub." Opera |
DVORAK
Dvorak: Composer Series [2 CD set] Pierre-Laurent-Aimard (pinao), Royal Concertgebouw & Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] "This superbly played Seventh has a lot going for it...Harnoncourt is impressive...The recording is splendidly full and resonant, with every detail registering." (MusicWeb May 2006) |