Wigmore Hall, London
In her recital programme of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Chopin, Webern and Schubert, the Austrian pianist brought new insights and expressive playing
Eighty-year-old piano legend Elisab…
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Lise Davidsen and James Baillieu: Live at the Met album review – electrifying renditions make the momentous intimate ⊕
(Decca)
Davidsen/Baillieu
Recorded in New York in 2023, the soprano sings Strauss, Wagner, Grieg and more to thrilling effect, her sincerity and passion matched perfectly on piano
Lise Davidsen and Jame…
47 days ago
‘Play like a dog biting God’s feet’: Steven Isserlis on the formidable György Kurtág at 100 ⊕⊕
Their friendship and musical partnership spans four decades. As the legendary Hungarian composer turns 100, cellist Steven Isserlis celebrates a musician of boundless imagination, humour – and his vi…
3 months ago
Eric Lu: Schubert Impromptus album review – mature and mesmerising ⊕⊕
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(Warner)
In this recording of the eight Impromptus, some of Schubert’s most profound music, Lu cements his place as a serious talent
Eric Lu was a worthy if controversial winner of the Chopin internati…
‘I had to plunge the knife into the canvas’: Edita Schubert wielded her scalpel like other artists wield a brush ⊕
In her day job, the ‘first lady of Croatian avant garde’ sliced up cadavers at Zagreb’s anatomical institute. In her studio, she used the same medical instruments to make art that surprises to this d…
4 months ago
Dorothy Parker ‘fwowed up’ in a 1928 review of which children’s classic? The Saturday quiz ⊕
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From demon, equal and encyclopedia to The Tour of Life and Before the Dawn, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
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Schubert 4 Hands album review – affectionately searching accounts from two pianists in emotional synergy ⊕⊕
Bertrand Chamayou, Leif Ove Andsnes
(Erato)
Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou find lyrical intimacy and finely tuned emotional balance in Schubert’s late masterpieces for four hands
Schubert’s lat…
7 months ago
The Kanneh-Masons: River of Music album review – a fond familial affair ○
(Decca)
Welsh folk songs and an original composition join Liszt, Chopin, Handel and Elgar in a misty-eyed first half, before a more monochrome performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet
The second recordi…
Mozart: Six String Quintets album review – deep understanding of these under-appreciated works ○
(Alpha)
Spunicunifait (their name taken from a nonsense word used by Mozart) perform these six quintets with flexibility and easy athleticism
Formed by string players from some of Europe’s leading orc…
9 months ago
Majestic, rigorous and sheer fun: the best of Alfred Brendel’s recordings ○
As the musical world mourns the celebrated pianist, we assess his wide recording legacy and pick the 12 best, from Russian rarities to quickfire Beethoven
In the two decades before he retired from con…