Piano CDs

The repertoire of Albrecht Mayer's 'Song of the Reeds' celebrates the Romantic tradition of the instrument with Schuman's popular "Three Romances" and works by contemporaries of Brahms and Liszt composed for Mayer's instrument: Heinrich Herzogenberg's "Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano" and August Klug...

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new talents in the world of classical music today. Discover just why artists such as pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, guitarist Milos, and singers Aleksander Kurz...

These encore pieces by Scriabin, Gluck, Rachmaninov, Chopin and others will enthrall Wang's fans with challenging technical demands and the bravura precision of her execution. The melding of her legendary technical skills with her interpretive intelligence transforms this album of treats into a prof...

Chopin Liszt Ravel is the debut album from the Benjamin Grosvenor, who made his name as an 11 year old prodigy when he performed at the BBC Young Musician Final.

This album marks two 'firsts' for Hélène Grimaud - her first live DG recording and her first ever Mozart concerto recording. The album is the culmination of a musical love affair which began two years ago when the French pianist played Bach with the Kammerorchster des Symphonieorchesters des Baye...

An extraordinary combination of youthful passion and an astonishing technique gives his performances an irresistible, life-enhancing energy.

These are many of the best recordings from the last twenty years offered for the first time or coupled to offered even better value. The brilliant box packages come with full liner notes - mostly newly commissioned - in English, German, and French, plush sung texts in original language and English f...

These are many of the best recordings from the last twenty years offered for the first time or coupled to offered even better value. The brilliant box packages come with full liner notes - mostly newly commissioned - in English, German, and French, plush sung texts in original language and English f...

The combination of Vladimir Ashkenazy and the music of Rachmaninov is one of the iconic partnerships of recorded music, with the piano concertos alone selling millions of copies. In recent years the great Russian pianist and conductor has turned his attention to recording the solo piano music, in re...

Born in 1685, the same year as Bach and Handel, Domenico Scarlatti spent the majority of his career in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. Like his father Alessandro, Domenico wrote in a variety of forms, and chief among his output are the many sonatas written for keyboard – wo...

Christian Gottlob Neefe flourished as the Baroque was giving way to the Classical period. These Twelve Sonatas represent important steps in this transition, each having a uniquely individual character and showing a mixture of styles. Neefe is remembered today as Beethoven’s first main teacher in Bon...

When one speaks of Donizetti, it is usually with reference to his operas: as a leading figure of the ‘bel canto’ tradition, he composed what are today some of the most popular and widely performed dramas in opera houses around the world – La fille du Regiment, L’Elisir d’Amore and Lucia di Lammermoo...

Recorded in 1994 Born in Crema, northern Italy, in 1821, Bottesini was not only a leading double bass player and conductor, but also a successful composer whose prolific output included at least ten operas as well as numerous sacred and orchestral works. His popularity today, however, is largely ...

Sviatoslav Richter’s comment that Hungarian-born Annie Fischer (1914–1995) was ‘a great artist imbued with a spirit of greatness and genuine profundity’ is just a sign of the esteem in which her fellow musicians held her. Curiously, of all the mid-century pianists, she seems to have been among the l...

During his short life Erwin Schulhoff absorbed a wide range of musical styles. The jazz-inspired Partita includes witty takes on the Tango, Foxtrot and Shimmy. Further synthesis comes in the Suite No. 3, written for the left hand alone, which adapts folk and jazz influences in a bracingly novel way,...

The works on this first volume of the complete piano works of Mieczysław Weinberg range from very early yet characterful Mazurkas and the remarkably intense Lullaby, his Opus 1, to the at times dissonant Piano Sonata No.1 and the more classically oriented Piano Sonata No. 2. The Sonata, Op. 49bis is...

Although Raff is remembered primarily as one of the foremost symphonists of his day, by far his largest output was for the piano. The three works recorded here date from his early years in Weimar, and include the newly-discovered Fantaisie. One of Raff’s first successes, Frühlingsboten portrays natu...

A seminal figure of French Romantic music, Camille Saint-Saens was also a great keyboard prodigy. The Études, Op. 52 unite exuberant virtuosity with shimmering delicacy, while the Six Études, Op. 111 pay homage to Chopin and Bach as well as anticipating Ravel’s impressionism. The neo-Baroque Op. 135...

Christine Schornsheim, one of the most eminent specialists of historic keyboard instruments, performs J.S Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier on the Ruckers-Harpsichord in Colmar. Only a few harpsichords from 17th century Antwerp have survived and are still fully functional today. Speaking of the harpsi...

This CD features the acclaimed Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen with piano works by Alexander Scriabin, which have become his signature pieces in recital. The virtuoso sets of Etudes and Preludes cover a wide range of late-Romantic expressions, from heroic to religious, ecstatic to melancholic. T...

Sophie Moser (violin) & Katja Huhn (piano) play works by Beethoven and Furtwangler.

A central figure in the arts in France during his lifetime, Déodat de Sévérac stressed the importance of distinctive regional character in music. He derived his inspiration from Catalonia and Provence, and the genial warmth of expression in his work is reflected in the radiant imagery of Baigneuses ...

A member of one of the most important English musical dynasties of the 19th and 20th centuries, Eugene Goossens trained as a violinist and composer but gained fame as a conductor. His Sonata No 1 integrates a personal style with the influences of Debussy and Ravel, the improvisatory Lyric Poem being...

Includes works by Antonin Dvorak, Michael Dalman Colina, Astor Piazzolla and Ella Milch-Sheriff.

Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra performs Froberger on the legendary 1658 De Zentis harpsichord. "Unfailing authority, stylistic savvy and a good deal of élan."- Fanfare Magazine

Victor Rosenbaum plays Mozart on the piano

Includes the works by Schubert & Rachmaninov

This 70-minutes CD recording features Dr. Juyeon Kang on the piano. According to Kang, she included selections that sound joyful as an expression of her praise to God. Her repertoire includes Adler's Thy Song Expands My Spirit; Bach's Italian Concerto, BWV 971; Haydn's Sonata in C Major, HOB XVI:50;...

Victor Rosenbaum's specialty seems to be the late Classical and early Romantic repertoire, with special favor shown to the keyboard works of Franz Schubert. This 2007 disc from Fleur de Son presents Rosenbaum's supple readings of Schubert's delightfully melodic Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D. 664...

Includes: Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier") Beethoven Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Scenes from Childhood Schumann

The Music of Jerry Owen

Works by Mozart, Schumann and Bruch

Performed by Michael Boyd and Joel Schoenhals.

Artists in Residence at the revered Chautauqua Institution, the Trio delivers a romantic yet powerful punch in works by Beethoven, Part, Bloch, Piazzolla and Brahms.

Award winning American pianist Gabriel Chodos presents his first release as a Fleur de Son recording artist in this stunning recording of two of the piano repertoire's most revered and beloved works.

"Kristian Bezuidenhout is a terrific pianist . . . a fearless young musician who will likely change our view of many of the standard compositions in the years to come." ~ Malcom Bilson

"Sensitive and stylistically impeccable, Griffes has a formidable champion in this pianist." Griffes, Palmgren, Dederich, Bachelet & Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

This virtuoso American pianist takes us on a lyrical yet articulate journey through some of the most interesting literature for the piano, exploring musical ideas and personal relationships of women composers. The wonderful disc features works by Martinez & Haydn, Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn, Schumann...

"She is a genius of the piano!"- Express Wiezcary, Warsaw

'Music for violin and piano chosen by children for children'