Steinway & Sons Archive
HAYDN: Piano Sonatas Not. 3l, 33, 47 & 58 – John O’Conor, p. – Steinway
John O’Conor deftly brings out the variety and infinite charm of five Haydn sonatas. HAYDN: Piano Sonata No. 47 in b; Piano Sonata No. 38 in F Major; Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major; Piano Sonata No. 33 in c; Piano Sonata No. 58 in C Major – John O’Conor, p. – Steinway & […]
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker – complete ballet transcribed for piano – Stewart Goodyear – Steinway & Sons
An outstanding transcription for piano of a most beloved ballet score – it’ll have you dancing! PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker – complete ballet transcribed for piano – performed by Stewart Goodyear – Steinway & Sons multichannel SACD 30040, 82:21 [10/9/15] *****: Few people are neutral on the subject of Christmas: most either love it […]
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor – Stewart Goodyear, p./ Czech Nat. Sym./ Heiko Mathias Foerster – Steinway & Sons
Canadian virtuoso Stewart Goodyear devotes his considerable gifts to the two dominant Rachmaninov concertos with potent results.
The Art of BACH = Arr. by Kurtag – Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Joy Roe, pianos/ Augustin Hadelich, violin – Steinway & Sons
Piano duo Anderson & Roe compress the “total” Bach experience into a dazzling and devotional selection of the Master’s musical styles.
Lara Downes, piano – A Billie Holiday Songbook – Steinway & Sons
A well-intentioned tribute to the singer on her centenary.
CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat Major; Nocturne in E-flat Major; Nocturne in E Major Bolero; Nouvelle Etude No. 1 in F Minor; Ballade No. 1 in G Minor; Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major; Ballade No. 4 in F Minor; Prelude in C-sharp Minor – Andrew Rangell, p. – Steinway & Sons
Andrew Rangell’s incursion into the Chopin late style bears all the hallmarks of intelligent, sensitive piano artistry.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor; GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor – Stewart Goodyear, p./ Czech Nat. Sym./ Stanislav Bogunia – Steinway & Sons
The classic combination of Romantic piano concertos has a new, inspired champion.
Audio New for June 13, 2014
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Fantasies = SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C Major; BRUCKNER: Fantasie in G Major; ZEMLINSKY: Fantasien ueber Gedichte von Richard Dehmel; BRAHMS: Fantasien – Stanislav Khristenko, p. – Steinway & Sons
This “Fantasies” collection confirms Khristenko’s status as a firebrand Romantic pianist of the first order.
Sean Chen – La Valse = SCRIABIN: Valse in A-flat Major; Piano Sonata No. 4; Piano Sonata No. 5; RAVEL: Menuet antique; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Menuet sur le non d’Haydn; Prelude (1913); La Valse – Sean Chen, piano – Steinway & Sons
Sean Chen combines two musical iconoclasts in one audaciously imaginative program, poetic and rebellious at once.
STRAVINSKY: Solo Piano Works = Piano Sonata; Etudes; Ragtime; Polka; Tango; Valse; Piano-Rag Music; Prologue to Boris Godunov; Serenade in A; Circus Polka; Two Sketches of a Sonata; Firebird Suite: Sel. – Jenny Lin, p. – Steinway & Sons
Jenny Lin provides a fertile cross-section of Stravinsky’s solo piano music, its diverse styles and percussive magnetism.
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring – The Bad Plus piano trio – Masterworks”The Rite of Spring” = STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring; HOLST: The Planets Suite; SAINT-SAENS/ANDERSON: Dance Macabre – The 5 Browns, pianos – Steinway & Sons
Who would have ever thought we’d eventually be hearing this played by one of the top jazz piano trios plus on five pianos?
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring – The Bad Plus piano trio – Masterworks“The Rite of Spring” = STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring; HOLST: The Planets Suite; SAINT-SAENS/ANDERSON: Dance Macabre – The 5 Browns, pianos – Steinway & Sons
Who would have ever thought we’d eventually be hearing this played by one of the top jazz piano trios plus on five pianos?
“A Folk Song Runs Through It” = JANACEK: In the Mist; BARTOK: Improviasations on Hungarian Peasant Songs; Piano Sonata; Romanian Dances; KODALY: Seven Pieces – Amdrew Rangell, p. – Steinway & Sons
Ethnic modernism provides the unity to Andew Rangell’s latest album, an exploration of Slavic folk motifs through three eminently virtuoso composers of the Twentieth Century.
Basically BULL = Works by BULL, BYRD, TOMKINS, RADFORD, GIBBONS – Alan Feinberg, piano – Steinway & Sons
In a set of 20 transcriptions from the early keyboard, the virginal, pianist Alan Feinberg makes a strong case for the supreme contrapuntal and harmonic mastery of John Bull, an audacious character in every sense.
Grand Romance = MOSZKOWSKI: Caprice espagnol; Etincelles; La Jongleuse; SCHUETT: A la bien-aimee; Canzonetta in D Major; HENSELT: If I were a bird; Petite Valse in F Major; PADEREWSKI: Nocturne in B-flat Major; CUI: Causerie; BORTKIEWICZ: Lyrica Nova; SCHLOEZER: Etude in E-flat Major; LEVITZKI: Valse in A Major; SGAMBATI: Gavotta in A-flat Minor; RUBINSTEIN: Reve Angelique; SCHULZ-EVLER: Arabesques on “The Blue Danube”; CHASINS: Rush Hour in Hong Kong – Jeffrey Biegel, p. – Steinway & Sons
With 16 selections of virtuoso showpieces, Jeffrey Biegel and his Steinway D provide more than an hour’s worth of elegant, even dazzling, salon vehicles from the Romantic sensibility.
VIKTOR ULLMANN: Complete Piano Sonatas; Menuett (Totentanz) – Jean Golan, p. – Steinway & Sons (2 CDs)
Highly individual music, conveyed with power and conviction.
Ute Lemper – Paris Days, Berlin Nights – with the Vogler String Quartet & Stefan Malzew – Steinway & Sons
A wonderful program and arrangements, but Lemper is just a bit over the top for my taste.
Pianomania (2010/2012)
The NY Times called this film “The art of the Steinway whisperer.”
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When Words Fade – Anderson & Roe, pianos [TrackList follows] Steinway & Sons CD + DVD
This pair of exciting performers is revolutionizing the duo piano format today.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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