or 2023’s Beethoven piano concerto marathon with Paul Lewis — but a Beethoven symphonic cycle is always special for a few reasons, 250th anniversary aside. First: It’s actually doable to put ...

Whether Beethoven saved his best symphony for last is a matter of opinion. However, one can hang several descriptors on his Symphony No. 9, and “anticlimactic” isn’t one of them. If you’re ...

“But that just takes a lot of time.” It helps that Olafsson is an inveterate performer of Adams’s earlier piano concertos, “Century Rolls” (1996), which was written for Emanuel ...

Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G; the solo piano part in Gershwin’s Variations on “I Got Rhythm”; and the ensemble parts in two ballet scores, Milhaud’s “La Création du Monde” and ...

Discover the story behind Beethoven’s groundbreaking ‘Emperor’ Piano Concerto featuring Michelangeli’s legendary recording. Listen to our recommended recording of Beethoven’s ‘Emperor ...

performed a work of Beethoven on television (watch below). At six, Slenczynska made her European concert debut in Berlin, and now over 90 years later, this legendary performer is still enchanting ...

Shostakovich was a 20th Century Russian composer and pianist, who spent most of his career working under the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. After studying at music college, Shostakovich embarked on ...

73 Open A csodálatos mandarin (The Miraculous Mandarin), Sz.73 by Béla Bartók in external music player Piano Concerto no 1 in F sharp minor, Op 1 Open Piano Concerto no 1 in F sharp minor ...

Discover our selection of the best concertos including masterpieces by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Rachmaninov. The violin is getting more than its fair share in this selection, but I don’t ...

Because after all, music doesn’t get much more elegant and exuberant than Beethoven’s sunlit Second Piano Concerto – a young genius out to make a serious splash. Who better to play it than Jonathan ...