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Anna Tsybuleva in recital – 2016 Ruhr Piano Festival – WDR3 New bright lights on the horizon this week. Rising star, Ann Tsybuleva in recital at the 2016 Ruhr Piano Festival. The highly acclaimed and gifted pianist has been making…
Lou Harrison – Suite For Piano (1943) – David Hemmingway,piano – KPFA Studio recording – Dec. 1, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – American composers from the modern period of the 20th century this weekend. Lou Harrison was one…
Gaby Casadesus – Robert Casadesus: Etudes for Piano – 1939 – ORTF Radio Recording circa 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A very short one this weekend; a little over a minute. But a charming piece nonetheless. Robert…
Khatia Buniatishvili – In Recital at the Verbier Festival – July 24, 2012 – Radio France Musique – Part 1 Khatia Buniatishvili – In Recital at the Verbier Festival – July 24, 2012 – Radio France Musique – Part…
Part 1: Part 2: Florian Noack, in recital at the 2016 Montpellier Occitan Festival – July 24, 2016. Since it’s Summer Festival Season, that doesn’t mean the festivals are the sole property of Rock. An equally large and varied batch…
Part 1: Part 2: Gerhard Oppitz, piano with the NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Sir Neville Marriner in music of Mozart and Brahms, recorded by NHK, live from Suntory Hall on November 25, 2015. Back over to Tokyo this week…
Part 1: Part 2: Sviatoslav Richter, in concert from Moscow – September 23, 1967. Something rare this week – a recital from the iconic and legendary Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, recorded in concert on September 23, 1967. One of the…
Jean-Phillipe Collard – In Recital at France Musique Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 12, 2016 – Radio France Musique – If there was a concert which would constitute as therapeutic, cathartic, energizing, uplifting and the equivalent…
Maurice Emmanuel – Sonatine Number 3 – Yvonne Lefébure, piano – Centenary Concert 1962 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Emmanuel this weekend, as played by the legendary French pianist Yvonne Lefébure, who…
Maria João Pires with Trevor Pinnock and The German Chamber Philharmonic of Bremen – in Concert at Théåtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris – January 16,2016 – Radio France Musique – Maria João Pires, legendary Portuguese pianist joins conductor Trevor Pinnock…