Barbara Nissman Archive

CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3; Berceuse; Four Scherzos – Barbara Nissman, piano – 3 Oranges Recordings
CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58; Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57; Four Scherzos – Barbara Nissman, piano – 3 Oranges Recordings 3-OR 24, 76:37 [www.threeorangesrecordings.com] ****: Nissman’s latest recorded survey of Chopin contains power, poetry, and majesty. American piano virtuoso Barbara Nissman (b. 1944) extends the legacy of her own […]

LISZT: The Transcendentals: Twelve Etudes; Funerailles, October 1849; Valse Oubliee No. 1 in f-sharp minor – Barbara Nissman, p. – Three Oranges
Barbara Nissman gives us a dynamic and emotionally aggressive Liszt, virtuosic and poetic. LISZT: The Transcendentals: Twelve Etudes; Funerailles, October 1849; Valse Oubliee No. 1 in f-sharp minor – Barbara Nissman, piano – Three Oranges Recordings 3OR-22, 75:18 (1/31/17) [www.threeorangesrecordings.com] ****: Barbara Nissman,long associated with the music of Franz Liszt, turns (rec. 1-3 August 2013) […]

Fireworks – Barbara Nissman, piano = D. SCARLATTI: 3 Sonatas; BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor; DEBUSSY: Masques; La fille aux cheveux de lin; La soiree dans Grenade; Feux d’artifice; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 – Barbara Nissman, p. – Three Oranges
A potent entry from Barbara Nissman’s new label, the aptly named disc shimmers and flames with digital bravura and imaginative sensibility.

Recital Favorites by Nissman, Vol. VII = BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations; BARTOK: Two Rumanian Dances; LISZT: “Ricordanza”; PROKOFIEV: Prelude; March from Love for 3 Oranges – Barbara Nissman, p. – Pierian
More favorites by Barbara Nissman address some hefty scores, including a potent reading of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations and her patented Bartok and Prokofiev.

Recital Favorites by Nissman, Vol. 8 = Works of PROKOFIEV, CHOPIN, SCHUMANN, ALBENIZ, GINASTERA & GERSHWIN – Pierian
A mammoth program “in olden style” marks Nissman’s eclectic program, featuring the debut of Benjamin Lees last work, Visage.