Guitar virtuoso Jason Vieaux presents his solo album, Play, which celebrates his 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that Vieaux has found to be universal audience favorites over the past two decades. The music includes showpieces by Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, and Sainz De La Maza, Tarrega’s classics …
Acclaimed for her lyricism and virtuosic technique, Sharon Isbin is widely acknowledged to be one of today’s finest guitarists. This collection is a showcase of her extraordinary versatility. It brings together cornerstones of the guitar concerto repertoire by Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos, arrangements of perennial Baroque favorites, concertos by Christopher Rouse and Tan Dun that were written for Isbin …
Opinions differ on whether he is the heir of Horowitz, Richter or Kissin but in that line of giants, critical opinion is unanimous: Daniil Trifonov is THE great Russian pianist for the 21st Century.In the past thirty years, the honor of a live Carnegie Hall recital recording has been bestowed by DG upon only two other pianists: Mikhail …
Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro has taken the four-string, two-octave instrument to places no one has gone before, performing awesome music that ranges from Jazz, Blues and Rock to Bluegrass, Classical and Folk. His live concerts are an out-of-the-box blend of stunning virtuosity, deep musicality and a natural entertainer’s flair. Jake now has his own record label, and tours …
J.S. Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin are considered by many as the pinnacle of musical achievement, arguably the composer’s most demanding and emotionally penetrating works. After living with, reading about, listening to and playing these seminal works for over 30 years Gil Shaham offers a fresh and vital new perspective on these works, undertaken in 2014 …
David s landmark tenth CD, Adoration: Solo Piano Hymns, contains David’s beautiful renditions of fifteen favorite hymns, including Be Still My Soul, Just As I Am, How Great Thou Art, Amazing Grace. A Note from the Artist… What does it mean to adore God? The American Heritage Dictionary defines the phrase to adore …
A native of Jiangsu, China, pianist Shen Lu has performed concerts at Beijings Central Conservatory Music Hall, Culture Center and City Hall, Weill Recital Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, Jordan Hall in Boston, Severance Hall in Cleveland, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, The County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, Flagey Concert Hall in Brussels, …
Award-winning pianist Ingrid Fliter makes her Linn debut with a distinctive performance of Chopin’s notoriously difficult piano concertos, featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jun Markl. Since winning the silver medal at the 2000 Frederic Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Ingrid has built a reputation as a first-rate Chopin interpreter. Fliter has previously recorded two all-Chopin discs; her …
Vladimir Horowitz – The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983 (50 CD Box Set)
After the overwhelming success of Vladimir Horowitz live at Carnegie Hall, Sony Classical presents Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966 1983. This edition takes you on tour with the legendary pianist from his home town of New York to the great halls of the USA, from New Haven to Chicago, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Boston and beyond. This …
During Chopins years of exile, from late 1830 to his untimely death in 1849, piano composition seemed to be theway of setting onto paper the spontaneous flow of improvisation, but also a moment of reflection before carrying out the following step. A symbol of this retrospective and critical outlook is the mazurka of Op. 6 and 7, his …