pianist Archive

Rachmaninov and Shchedrin: Piano Concertos. The Mariinsky Label’s latest release showcases works for piano and orchestra by three of Russia’s great composers, with the celebrated Russian pianist Denis Matsuev featured as soloist. We get to …

Andras Schiff: Plays the Music he Loves. Pianist András Schiff has a large repertoire, and he always remains loyal to the composers most important to him. These are the composers represented in this collection of …

  Olga Pashchenko performs Beethoven. For her new recording, pianist Olga Pashchenko has chosen the combination of Beethoven’s two Opus 49 sonatas and three sets of his variations, thus tackling what are commonly called ‘smaller …

David Wilde plays Chopin. Volume III. The reviews that greeted Volume II of David Wilde’s Chopin last year spoke of his playing as “vast, monumental, inexorable … a wealth of color and detail, all in …

  Debussy, Bartók and Prokofiev: Études. Garrick Ohlsson has an amazing reputation as the master of the miniature. In this new recital he presents three sets of Études: The twelve Etudes by Claude Debussy (so …