Pianists at the Proms
The programme for this year’s BBC Proms has been announced and there are several high-profile piano performances to look out for
News & Features
Igor Levit's next album to feature Brahms's Piano Concertos and late solo works
Advance track of collaboration with Christian Thielemann available to hear now
International Piano: introducing the Summer 2024 issue, featuring Mishka Rushdie Momen
Mishka Rushdie Momen: the joys of playing Byrd and Bull on a modern piano | Grigory Ginzburg: the life and music of a Russian master
Mishka Rushdie Momen interview: ‘We’ve inherited a lot culturally from the ideas of the Reformation, including a sort of paradoxical individualism’
Mishka Rushdie Momen has recorded an album of works by composers working in the shadow of the Reformation, including Bull, Byrd and Gibbons. She tells Jessica Duchen about the enduring appeal of this...
Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli: a guide to the greatest recordings
Ateş Orga introduces one of Liszt’s most picturesque works, the three-part appendix to the second volume of Années de pèlerinage that documents the composer’s travels through Italy, and surveys its...
Magdalene Ho: a pianist to watch
Jed Distler is impressed by Magdalene Ho, a pianist of enormous promise who won the 2023 Clara Haskil Competition, and suggests some listening
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Reviews
Review - Mozart: ‘Complete Sonatas, Vols 5 & 6’ (Orli Shaham)
‘Shaham’s concluding Rondeau defines lightness and crispness, replete with humorously timed grace notes’
Review - Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces (Andrey Gugnin)
‘Andrey Gugnin is a true poet of the keyboard and his commitment shines through in every bar’
Review - Mischa Levitzki: ‘The Complete HMV Recordings’
‘His repertoire centres on the Romantics and in one flamboyant example after another he grabs you by the ears’
Review - ‘Passage secret’ (Ludmila Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle)
‘The pianists manage to fuse finesse and heartiness in ways that make their performances sound fresh’
Review - Bartók: ‘Piano Music, Volume 9’ (Goran Filipec)
‘Intended as exercises to nurture piano technique in every aspect, these create a rather disjointed impression heard collectively’
Review - ‘Russian Variations’ (Piers Lane)
‘His playing throughout this album is of the highest order, his pianism unfussy, subtle and effortlessly efficient’
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