Since you are interested in Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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W. A. MOZART / GABRIEL FAURE / ANTONIN DVORAK / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
The New York Concert - Evgeny Kissin & Emerson Quartet Evgeny Kissin (piano) / Emerson Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] "The set is launched with a striking reading of Mozart's G minor Piano Quartet, its already dramatic beginning given an even more chiselled profile thanks to the precision of the Emerson and Kissin's vehement accentuation" Gramophone |
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J. S. BACH
Hilary Hahn plays Bach Hilary Hahn (violin) [ Decca / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "This is quite simply magnificent violin-playing, the sort that while you're listening to it convinces you that the music couldn't possibly be played any other way" Gramophone Recording Of The Month November 2018 |
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BUSONI / BRAHMS / REGER / FELDMAN
Igor Levit: Encounter Igor Levit (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] This is a very personal double album marked by a desire for encounter and togetherness. The programme includes rarely played arrangements of Bach and Brahms by Ferruccio Busoni and Max Reger, as well as Palais de Mari - Morton Feldman's final work... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
On DSCH [Preludes & Fugues for piano] Igor Levit (piano) [ Sony / 3 CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] 'So what makes this special? To start with, he never goes into a studio without a clear vision in mind, and this album of Shostakovich and Stevenson is no exception.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Piano |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Viola Concerto / Partita for Orchestra / Sonata for String Orchestra James Ehnes (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/May/2018 ] In this third volume of Edward Gardner's Walton series with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes leaves his violin to tackle the taxing soloist role in the Viola Concerto. In a recent Strad interview, Ehnes confesses: 'This is a piece I have loved... |
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BRITTEN / MERTZ / BACH / PONCE / SCHWIZGEBEL
Guitar Recital: Johan Smith Johan Smith (guitar) [ Naxos Laureate Series: Guitar / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] "Particularly admirable is Smith's tone, unmarred by the arbitrary use of sul ponticello effects." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2020 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25 Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] "the tidy sheen of the Orchestra Mozart's young professionals tells us plenty about his genius as an orchestral trainer. And his rapport with the mercurial Argerich...is audible in every bar" The Times, 24th January 2014 |
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J. S. BACH
Bach To The Future Olivier Latry (organ) [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] For his first CD with La Dolce Volta, Olivier Latry has chosen a programme devoted to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. This recording, made on the massive Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame de Paris, of which he is titular organist, raises a... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] Paul Lewis completes his exploration of Schubert's sonatas, begun almost twenty years ago, with three early masterpieces. The Sonatas D537 and D568 display the daring and freshness of their youthful creator, while with D664, dazzling in its artless... |
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DONIZETTI / GOUNOD / VERDI / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / MASSENET / GODARD
Pene Pati Pene Pati (tenor) / Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Emmanuel Villaume [ Warner Classics / Warner / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] "A generosity of spirit not always to be taken for granted with tenors is in constant evidence on Pene Pati's debut album…His voice certainly has the colour for both the French and Italian repertoire presented here" BBC Music Choice of the Month May |
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PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / ARNO BABAJANIAN
Tchaikovsky & Babajanian: Piano Trio Vadim Gluzman (violin), Johannes Moser (cello), Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "The playing is superb, Gluzman and Moser intoning the impassioned opening elegy [of the Tchaikovsky] with grave authority before Sudbin takes over with all his mercurial brilliance and the music takes flight...outstanding recording." - The Observer |
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BELA BARTOK / SANDOR VERESS
Veress: String Trio / Bartók: Piano Quintet Vilde Frang (violin), Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] "But what makes this CD unmissable is the Veress Trio, a masterpiece and a performance to match. I've already pencilled it in as a contender for next year's Gramophone Awards." WINNER - Chamber Gramophone Awards 2020 |
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J. S. BACH
Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites (2017 recording) Yo Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2018 ] "I don't think he has ever made a greater recording and his personal booklet notes help provide a conceptual setting for his playing." Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2018 |