The music world is already observing the centennial of Leonard Bernstein, which arrives next August. A man of multifarious talents, Bernstein distinguished himself as a conductor, composer, ...

3 Video: Ailyn Pérez Sings 'Un bel dì' from Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Met Opera Following solo and concerto performances at Queens College's Karol Rathaus Festival last month, Polish-Canadian ...

Well, not quite complete – there’s no Op.64, Beethoven’s arrangement of his early Piano Trio. But all five sonatas and three sets of variations are here. Alfred is the dominant force throughout, a ...

Artur Pizarro’s survey of Rachmaninov’s complete solo piano works is planned over seven discs – the booklet with the opening instalment covers all of them – and will take in the transcriptions as well ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ask the average music lover what they know of Tchaikovsky’s music and the answer is likely to be the big works, ...

The album is out just in time to mark the 150th anniversary of Ravel’s birth this year. It’s the first time Cho has recorded the complete works of a single composer. “Three years ago, I first proposed ...

Until recently, my experience of Artur Schnabel as composer was limited to the stylistic disconnect of the cadenzas to his Mozart concertos, with one exception. Almost 20 years to the day after his ...

This collection of Beethoven’s works for violin, cello and piano, a five-volume series in the making since 2015, is played by the Swiss Piano Trio with real freshness and verve. Rather than record ...

Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, K. 333 "Linz": I. Allegro Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, K. 333 "Linz": II. Andante cantabile Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat ...