pianist Archive

Andre Previn died today in New York at age 89. I met him once, briefly, backstage at Carnegie Hall. He had attended a concert by his former wife, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. I recall being surprised …

This third and final volume of Jorge Bolet’s Berlin radio recordings (1961-1974) presents previously unreleased repertoire novelties. Once again, the Cuban-born artist sets performance standards of great romantic and modern piano music. With the exception …

Franz Liszt adapted several of Schubert’s well-known songs to be played by solo piano. Included in these is the “Staendchen”, which I always think of as a Serenade from one lover to the other. Here …

I was 14 years old when I first heard the sounds of “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Modest Musorgsky. This was at a live orchestral concert in Vienna, and the piece I heard was the …

He was considered by many to have been one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He died in 1995. While he did not have a very extensive repertoire, what he performed was often legendary. …