8 Concert Etudes, Piano Sonata.1, Etc: Kapustin(P)

Instrumental Music News

• Badura-Skoda / Schubert: Sonata No. 21 (3 Performances)

  Friday, January 18th 2013

  
  Even at a very advanced age, the great pianist Paul Badura-Skoda is always good for a surprise: His new CD recording with GENUIN is perhaps one of the most unusual recordings, one of the most daring tonal experiments seen in recent years.

• Valentina Lisitsa / Live at the Royal Albert Hall

  Friday, June 29th 2012

  
  Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Valentina began playing the piano at the age of three and performed her first solo recital just one year later.

• Hommage a Zuzana Ruzickova

  Thursday, February 2nd 2012

  
  Zuzana Ruzickova, an exceptional personality upon whom the critics conferred the title "First Lady of the Harpsichord", continued the pioneering efforts Wanda Landowska had made to get the harpsichord recognised as an independent concert instrument.

• Tai Murray / Ysaye: Sonatas for solo violin

  Thursday, January 26th 2012

  
  Chicago-born violinist Tai Murray was named a BBC New Generation Artist in 2009.

• Olli Mustonen / Scriabin: Piano Works

  Wednesday, January 18th 2012

  
  This CD features Olli Mustonen with piano works by Alexander Scriabin, which have become his signature pieces in recital concerts.

• Miklos Perenyi plays Britten, Bach & Ligeti

  Thursday, January 12th 2012

  
  The Hungarian Miklos Perenyi is recognised as one of the great cellists of his generation, with a distinctive, subtly nuanced sound matched by extraordinary musicality.

• Gidon Kremer / Gubaidulina: The Lyre of Orpheus

  Thursday, January 12th 2012

  
  Sofia Gubaidulina's 80th birthday in October 2011 generated much press coverage around the world, appropriately stressing the uniqueness and the variety of her compositional approaches.