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Sergio Tiempo - Liszt
Sergio Tiempo plays Liszt's Totentanz (Dance of the Dead) live with the Orchestra della Szizzera italiana and Ion Marin.
Extract taken from Tiempo's disc on Avanti Classic.
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Andreas Haefliger - Perspectives 5
Listen to an extract from Beethoven's Sonata No.29 in B flat Op.106, first movement (Hammerklavier), taken from Andreas Haefliger's Perspectives 5 disc, recorded for the Avie Records label. Copyright: Andreas Haefliger 2011
The streaming of the music here is available with the kind permission of Avie Records. Click here for more information on the Avie website.
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Andreas Haefliger - Perspectives 5
Listen to an extract from Liszt's Les Années de pèlerinage - Premiére Année: La Suisse: VIII (Le Mal du Pays), taken from Andreas Haefliger's Perspectives 5 disc, recorded for the Avie Records label. Copyright: Andreas Haefliger 2011
The streaming of the music here is available with the kind permission of Avie Records. Click here for more information on the Avie website.
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Francesco Piemontesi
Hear Francesco Piemontesi in an excerpt from Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Handel, taken from his disc on avanticlassic. The album also features works by Handel, Bach and Liszt. Click here for further information.
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Richard Egarr
Hear Richard Egarr perform Prelude IV in C sharp minor from JS Bach's The Well-tempered Clavier, volume II, taken from his release on the Harmonia Mundi label.
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Ingrid Fliter
Hear Ingrid Fliter in an extract from Chopin's Opus 34 Waltzes, No.1 in A flat, taken from her disc of the complete Chopin Waltzes, courtesy of EMI Classics.
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Sergio Tiempo - Liszt
Sergio Tiempo plays Sonetto 104 del Petrarca from Liszt's Three Petrarch Sonnets.
Extract taken from Tiempo's disc on Avanti Classic.
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Boris Giltburg
In his BBC Proms debut, hear a live extract from Boris Giltburg's appearance with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins performing Liszt's first Piano Concerto.
Extract courtesy of BBC Radio 3
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Roger Vignoles - Interview
Hear an interview with Roger Vignoles, the pianist behind an exciting recording/performance series featuring the songs of Richard Strauss, including such acclaimed Strauss singers as Marlis Petersen, Dorothea Röschmann, Andrew Kennedy, Anne Schwanewilms and Christopher Maltman.
Edward Seckerson and Roger Vignoles discuss the meaning of the word ‘collaborator’ and the stigma attached to being described as an ‘accompanist’; what makes a great Lieder Singer; Strauss’s poets, and his relationships with his publishers.
Taken from the Wigmore Hall podcast by kind permission. Richard Strauss audio extracts courtesy of Hyperion Records: Christopher Maltman & Roger Vignoles - Lied an meinen Sohn 'Der Sturm behorcht mein Vaterhaus', from Fünf Lieder, Op 39; Anne Schwanewilms & Roger Vignoles - Die Nacht 'Aus dem Walde tritt die Nacht', from Acht Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Op 10; Andrew Kennedy & Roger Vignoles - Winterliebe 'Der Sonne entgegen' from Fünf Lieder, Op 48; Andrew Kennedy & Roger Vignoles - Ständchen 'Mach auf, mach auf! doch leise, mein Kind' from Sechs Lieder, Op 17; Christopher Maltman & Roger Vignoles - Am Ufer 'Die Welt verstummt, dein Blut erklingt', from Fünf Lieder, Op 41; Anne Schwanewilms & Roger Vignoles - Waldseligkeit 'Der Wald beginnt zu rauschen', from Acht Lieder, Op 49.
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Pavel Haas Quartet
Hear the Pavel Haas Quartet perform the opening of Prokofiev's String Quartet No.1, taken from their new release on Supraphon.