pianist Archive

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ Brahms: Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2 Rameau: Les tendres plaintes Pièces de Clavecin 1724: Les Tourbillons Les Cyclopes Les Sauvages …

Part of my afternoon today was devoted to listening to music performed by a young man of about 15 or so. Not an ordinary musician, for sure. It was young Evgeny Kissin, expressing beautifully the …

Arthur Rubinstein plays Beethoven, Ravel, and Chopin For a very long time now I have felt that pianist Arthur Rubinstein may not have been technically very accurate in his playing; but his ability to be …

  Ravel and Gershwin: Piano Concertos Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Performed by Helene Grimaud (piano), with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman conducting. I recall the time …

    Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 Many world-class pianists have performed Schubert’s Sonata #21. I, for one, never get tired of it. So I am curious how a pianist who is not known …