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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Complete Concertos Rudolf Firkušný (piano) Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Zara Nelsova (cello) / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2015 ] "The Violin and Cello Concertos, superbly played, have long been audience favourites, but the rarely-heard Piano Concerto in G minor - eloquently played by its foremost champion - is the USP." (BBC Music) |
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SIMEON TEN HOLT
Ten Holt: Multiple Piano Works Irene Russo (piano), Fred Oldenburg (piano) / Sandra and Jeroen van Veen Piano Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] |
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ERIK SATIE
Complete works for piano four-hands Sandra & Jeroen van Veen (piano four-hands) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen were established in 1987, and since then have toured extensively. |
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ANTON EBERL
Eberl: Piano Sonatas & Variations Sayuri Nagoya (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] New recordings of keyboard music by a now-unfamiliar Viennese friend of Mozart, once admired by the likes of Haydn and Gluck, and whose pieces were previously attributed to Mozart himself. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: 9 Suites Scipione Sangiovanni (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Handel's masterful suites shine in this well-articulated, controlled performance. I could have done with a little more crispness, and a greater distance between piano and mic" BBC Music Jan 2019 |
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LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 'Emperor' Shoko Sugitani (piano) / Berliner Symphoniker, Gerard Oskamp [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2008 ] |
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HELENE DE MONTGEROULT
De Montgeroult: Complete Piano Sonatas Simone El Oufir Pierini (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] Madame Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836) lived in a time when significant historical events were shaping France and Europe. Montgeroult's musical oeuvre is distinguished by its interpretive versatility. The collection of nine sonatas presented... |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Complete Music For Piano Duo Simone Nocchi, Filippo Farinell (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2022 ] This record contains the complete works for piano duo (piano 4-hands and 2 pianos) by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). While Hindemith was foremost a violist, not a pianist, he knew his way around the piano, and this familiarity is reflected in his... |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Early Piano Sonatas Opp. 2-7-10 Simone Pierini (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] An experienced early-keyboard specialist brings his expertise to the 'New Testament' of the piano repertoire. 'Period' performances of Beethoven sonatas have become relatively mainstream during the present century, through artists such as Robert... |
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GERALDINE MUCHA
Mucha: Chamber Music Stamic Quartet, Prague Wind Quintet, Patricia Goodson (piano), Vliém Veverka (oboe), Jan Machat (flute) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] World premiere recordings, reviving the individual voice and fine craftsmanship of a forgotten English-Czech composer writing in the middle of the last century. |
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BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana Collection Stamitz Quartet, Joachim Trio, Roberto Plano (piano), Antonin Kubalek (piano) Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Theodore Kuchar [ Brilliant Classics / 8 CD - released 1/May/2023 ] Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer born in Bohemia and later became a national symbol of Czech culture. Smetana's musical style was influenced by Czech folk music, classical traditions and romanticism. He is best known for his cycle of six... |
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ALKAN
Piano Works Stanley Hoogland & Alan Weiss (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Adventurous piano Music of the composer in whose presence even Franz Liszt was afraid to play. Piano music ranging from the miniaturist to the gigantic. |
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SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ
Bortkiewicz: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Stefan Doniga (piano) / Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, David Porcelijn [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 26/May/2018 ] "Stefan Doniga drives the music onward fearlessly and make the best possible case for both works" (Gramophone). |
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FRIEDRICH GERNSHEIM
Gernsheim: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Stefan Kirpal (violin) & Andreas Kirpal (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "Spanning his entire musical career, the 2-disc set traverses youthful promise, energetic virtuosity, yearning beauty, and mature, masterful control of artistic means" |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
American Music for Guitar & Piano Stefano Cardi (guitar), Enrico Pieranunzi (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] When they began playing together in 2017, Stefano Cardi and Enrico Pieranunzi went in search of repertoire which would harmonise with their disparate musical backgrounds, that of a classical guitarist with a passion for jazz and blues, and a jazz... |
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PHILIPPE GAUBERT
Complete Works for Flute Susan Milan (flute) / Ian Brown (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
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LISZT / BRAHMS / DEBUSSY
A Portrait of Tamas Vasary [4 CD set] Tamas Vasary (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2012 ] In 1962 Stephen Plaistow wrote of the Liszt E flat Polonaise on this set that 'the playing of the E major Polonaise is outstanding: it has bravura, exquisite timing and poise, colour, delicacy, plenty of rhythmic character and an air of ebullient... |
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LUDWIG SCHUNCKE
Piano Music Tatiana Larionova (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Ludwig Schuncke (1810‐1834) died tragically young of tuberculosis at age 24. He was hailed in the Leipzig musical circles as a young genius, Robert Schumann (who became a close friend) exclaimed: "this is the one we were waiting for!" Schuncke wrote... |
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BRAHMS
Piano Works (including 3 Intermezzi Op.117 and 2 Rhapsodies Op.79) Thomas Beijer (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] New recording: one of a series of releases from Brilliant Classics featuring outstanding young artists who have won the principal prizes at the Young Pianist Foundation's National Piano Competition. |
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GRANADOS
Piano Works (complete) - Includes 12 Spanish Dances & Goyescas Thomas Rajna (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2008 ] Enrique Granados (1867-1916) is one of the first so-called "national" composers of Spain. Together with his compatriot Isaac Albeniz, he created a new style of pianism in which elements of the Spanish folklore and folksong are embedded. |