Lisa Batiashvili Performs the Tchaikovsky Concerto
I heard Lisa Batiashvili for the first time while I was on vacation in Toronto many years ago. She was fairly new to the concert stage, yet I heard a lot of promise in her …
Concerto Archive
The Magic of Violinist Joshua Bell
Peter Tchaikovsky composed his Violin Concerto in 1878 after some disastrous personal issues. Soon after, a friend visited with the composer and brought with him the score for Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnol. The next day they …
Beethoven’s Piano Concerti Numbers 1 and 4
During the year of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, his piano concertos are an important source for understanding the history of the practice of this instrument. In the early nineteenth century, the modern permanently replaced the harpsichord …
Argerich Plays Ravel
Maurice Ravel once commented that he preferred jazz to grand opera, and remarked, “The most captivating part of jazz is its rich and diverting rhythm… Jazz is a very rich and vital source of inspiration …
Lars Vogt Plays Music of Johannes Brahms
This is a new recording of Johannes Brahms’ (1833–1897) First Piano Concerto together with Four Ballades (Op. 10) for solo piano. As in previous albums, Lars Vogt conducts from the keyboard. The evolution of Brahms’ …