Burkard Schliessmann introduces his new album, ‘Live & Encores’ – with music by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Schumann – and looks ahead to an all-Schumann album that will follow next year
Lukas Geniušas has made the first recording of the unpublished original version of Rachmaninov’s Piano Sonata No 1. He talks to Jeremy Nicholas about exploring this absorbing work
David Dolan talks readers through a range of methods that can be geared towards achieving an appropriate character of improvisation and spontaneous freedom in Mozart’s Fantasy in D minor, K397
Daniel-Ben Pienaar introduces his recorded cycle of 48 Haydn piano sonatas, which casts fresh light on the composer’s musical style and personality
Charles Timbrell surveys the early 20th-century pianists who are known to have worked closely with Debussy and performed the composer’s music in his presence
Mark Ainley celebrates the small but priceless recorded legacy of the great pianist
Charivari looks ahead to the centenary of the death of the composer Moritz Moszkowski, and encourages pianists and others to take up the cause of this often-marginalised figure
French pianist Ingmar Lazar introduces his new recording of César Franck’s complete piano works, including an intriguing early sonata written when the composer was 13
Richard Whitehouse listens to the available recordings of an electrifyingly virtuosic piano work composed for Arthur Rubinstein and recommends some essential listening
Elena Cobb, the publisher of EVC Music, introduces a volume of new compositions by women composers written in Homage to Chopin, all of which are accessible to intermediate-level pianists
Marc-André Hamelin is well known for his omnivorous appetite for the highways and byways of the piano’s repertoire. He talks to Harriet Smith about exploring the refined subtleties of a fin de siècle...
When Yunchan Lim became the youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition last year, he launched a major career with a string of unforgettable performances. Jed Distler...
In a new regular column Mark Ainley explores historic treasures both familiar and obscure, recommending new discoveries and encouraging fresh listening
Sulamita Aronovsky fled the Soviet Union in 1971 and built a formidable reputation as a teacher in London. Michael Church offers first-hand recollections of this indefatigable and inspirational...
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