Chamber Music & Recitals

The piano music of the Estonian composer Heino Eller (1887-1970), a total of 206 works, is the largest part of this composer's output. It is also the largest body of works in Estonian classical music. But most of these pieces are unknown, even though the...

The piano music of the Estonian composer Heino Eller (1887-1970), a total of 206 works, is not only the largest part of his output: it is also the largest body of works in Estonian classical music. But most of these pieces are unknown, even though the...

The piano music of the Czech-born composer Antoine Reicha (1770-1836) - friend of Haydn and Beethoven, teacher of Berlioz, Liszt, Franck and many others - is one of the best-kept secrets in music. He was an important influence on composers of the next...

The piano music of Manos Hadjidakis, best known outside Greece for his popular song Never on Sunday, is as unique as the myriad influences which nourish it, reflecting the wide-ranging interests of this popular Greek composer.1. For a Little White...

The piano is perhaps better suited than any other instrument to evoke the sound of bells - evening bells, bells of farewell and of joy, funereal bells, bells with spiritual overtones - and late-Romantic and twentieth-century French and Russian composers...

The piano is an instrument of dexterity and expression, allowing an almost endless number of compositional possibilities. 'Felt', a compilation for solo piano, presents an array of techniques and themes to illustrate the piano's said dexterousness and...

The piano is a beautiful instrument, and this special release brings together some of the most moving and romantic classics in the piano repertoire. With over two hours of this enchanting music to enjoy, sit back, relax and lose yourself in the timeless...

The Piano Duo Chipak-Kushnir presents a GENUIN album featuring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, in the version for two pianos by Franz Liszt. They are joined by Francisco Manuel Anguas Rodriguez with Beethoven's original timpani part. In this work Beethoven...

The piano dominated Rachmaninoff's creative thinking from the start. Even his four early piano pieces of 1887 reveal the extraordinary sense of kinship he felt with the instrument. However, these enchanting early offerings were outclassed by his first...

The piano cycle Seasons by Georgs Pelecis (1947) is performed by pianist Linda Leine in this world premiere recording. There are six(!) of these seasons, and, as a loose cycle of compositions, they were created over a longer period of time, from 1977...

The piano concertos by Aram Khachaturian and Ulvi Cemal Erkin are exemplary works for the affinity and contrariness of the art music of Armenia and Turkey built on the ground of native musical traditions. Both are pianistically demanding, effective and -...

The pianist, composer, producer and renaissance musician Jeroen van Veen has played many concerts with both his wife Sandra and his brother Maarten, and has recorded with both of them for Brilliant Classics. The present compilation brings together a...