In our *Piano Sheet Music Essentials* series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
The latest jazz releases of the week include Enrico Rava and Craig Taborn on ECM, Nordic folk and atmospheric pedal steel sounds from Hubro and American vocalist Kurt Elling’s funk-inspired *SuperBlue*.
The overall winner was revealed at an online ceremony last night, along with other special prizes including Artist of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Musicologists - who are they, what do they want, and who keeps feeding 'em? Paul gets to the nub of all of these questions with the help of Daniel Elphick.
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, including the Marcin Wasilewski Trio's *En attendant* and John Coltrane's *A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle*.
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, with Víkingur Ólafsson's *Mozart & Contemporaries* on Deutsche Grammophon in first place...
Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Florence Price project from Philadelphia gets off to an electrifying start, Lucas Debargue and Gidon Kremer prove energetic champions of Polish composer-pianist Miłosz Magin, and the Marian and Illyria Consorts join forces for an illuminating Adriatic Voyage.
Four different voices from the melting-pot of early twentieth-century America come together to create a fascinating snapshot of a time of great change and innovation, ranging from melodious Romanticism to uncompromising atonality.
British solo cello music from Steven Isserlis, Beethoven from Martin Helmchen and Frank Peter Zimmermann, Canteloube from Carolyn Sampson, and Elgar from Julia Sitkovetsky and Christopher Glynn.
Vasconcelos Sentimento's *Furto* is a peculiar mix of homemade jazz, Hip Hop and anything he can make a noise out of. It won't be for all tastes, but we like it.
The American conductor talks to Katherine about his recordings of the complete Prokofiev symphonies with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, released as a box-set tomorrow on BIS.
In our *Piano Sheet Music Essentials* series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Ludwig van Beethoven, leading figure in the new Romantic age of music.
This week’s selection of the latest jazz releases include Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick on ECM, a re-issue of Japanese jazz flautist Hozan Yamamoto’s score to the ‘70s horror film ‘The Devil Comes Playing the Flute’, and a double-reissue of avant garde goodness from Don Cherry on Ezz-thetics.
The siblings team up for cello sonatas by Barber and Rachmaninov, Cecilia Bartoli mines her archives, and Ádám Fischer completes his acclaimed Mahler cycle from Düsseldorf.
Elena Urioste and Tom Poster talk about their wide-ranging album of arrangements for violin and piano, which grew out of a project to reconnect with audiences during quarantine in 2020.
A paperback edition of Alex Ross's best-selling book on Wagnerism; reflections on music from twenty-six contributors in a variety of artistic, scientific, and political fields; an analysis of works depicting the soundscapes of American places; a new approach to music teaching from Paul Harris; a theory of the power of musical motives; reflections on the music of Milton Babbitt; and a dissection of the music and lyrics of Bob Dylan.
The maverick American singer mixes tenor and baritone repertoire with joyful (but historically-informed) abandon, ranging from Donizetti's stratospheric Tonio to his namesake in Leoncavallo's *Pagliacci*.
Price from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chopin from Beatrice Rana, Buxtehude from Arcangelo, and Bellini's *Il Pirata* starring Marina Rebeka and Javier Camarena.
The rising saxophonist makes a bold statement on her sophomore record with a set of sci-fi inspired originals, featuring guest contributions from pianist George Cables.