Information Composer: Fazil Say Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Op. 76 Bülent Evcil, flute Camerata Salzburg Nil Venditti, conductor Date: 2023 Label: ACM Production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fazıl Say (born 14 January 1970 in Ankara) is a Turkish pianist and composer. He began studying piano at age 3 and wrote his first piece – a piano sonata – at the age of 14. Say attracted international attention with the piano piece Black Earth (1997), and since then has increasingly turned to the large ..read more

Information Composer: Fazil Say Hayat Ağacı Süiti, Op. 100 4 Şehir Sonatı, Op. 41 Ruşen Güneş Sonatı, Op. 92b Kumru Ballad, Op. 12 İstanbul'da Bir Kış Sabahı, Op. 51 Fazil Say, piano Jamal Aliyev, cello Date: 2022 Label: ACM Production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fazıl Say (born 14 January 1970 in Ankara) is a Turkish pianist and composer. He began studying piano at age 3 and wrote his first piece – a piano sonata – at the age of 14. Say attracted international attention with the piano piece Black Earth (1 ..read more

Information Composer: Fazil Say İzmir Suite, Op. 79 Gezi Park Sonata, Op. 52 2 Pieces, Op. 81 Black Earth (2019 Version) Art of Piano, Op. 66: No. 1, In Memoriam “10.10.2015 Ankara Gar” Fazil Say, piano Date: 2021 Label: ACM Production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fazıl Say (born 14 January 1970 in Ankara) is a Turkish pianist and composer. He began studying piano at age 3 and wrote his first piece – a piano sonata – at the age of 14. Say attracted international attention with the piano piece Black Earth (19 ..read more

Information Composer: Arnold Schoenberg; Anton Webern Schoenberg - Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9 Webern - Symphonie, Op. 21 Schoenberg - Sechs Kleine Stücke, Op. 19 (arr. Heinz Holliger) Webern - Funf Sätze, Op. 5 Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Heinz Holliger, conductor Date: 2022 Label: Fuga Libera https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/schonberg-kammersymphonie-op-9-sechs-kleine-stucke-op-19-arr-holliger-webern-symphonie-op-21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review The key works of early 20th-century modernism can often seem ..read more

Information Composer: Johannes Brahms; Robert Schumann Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 Schumann - Etudes after Paganini Caprices, Op. 3 Schumann - 6 Concert Etudes after Paganini Caprices, Op. 10 Joseph Moog, piano Date: 2021 Label: Onyx https://onyxclassics.com/release/brahms-schumann/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable. Brahms composed for symphony orchestra, chamber ..read more

Information Composer: Johannes Brahms 4 Ballades, Op. 10 Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5 5 Studies, Anh. 1a No. 1: No. 5, Chaconne von J.S. Bach (After J.S. Bach's BWV 1004) Alexandre Kantorow, piano Date: 2021 Label: BIS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review Throughout this Brahms recital, Alexandre Kantorow throws down an epic gauntlet, casting his sights on dynamic and dramatic extremes. The pianist broods over the first Ballade’s Andante, and builds the central triplet section with such overwhelming ferocity that the musi ..read more

Information Composer: Franz Schubert; Johannes Brahms Schubert - Impromptus, D 935 / Op. posth. 142 Brahms - Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 119 Schubert - Drei Klavierstücke, D 946 Can Çakmur, piano Date: 2024 Label: BIS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review ‘Schubert + Brahms’ is the second issue in a projected series showing Schubert in often-surprising relation to other composers. The case for Schubert’s prophecy is made acutely clear in Çakmur’s accompanying notes, and his previous album, dedicated to Schubert and Schoenberg, underli ..read more

Information Composer: Franz Schubert; Arnold Schoenberg Shubert - Piano Sonata in A Minor, Op. 164, D 537 Schoenberg - Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11 Schubert - Piano Sonata in A Major, D 959 Can Çakmur, piano Date: 2023 Label: BIS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review From a critical point of view, barring the opportunity to hear an artist publicly, often after the appearance of a particularly impressive recording a period of uncertainty sets in. Was that special recording a one-shot wonder? Will acquaintance with a wider range ..read more

Information Composer: Franz Liszt Vergiftet sind meine Lieder, S. 289 Freudvoll und leidvoll, S. 280.1 Freudvoll und leidvoll, S. 280.2 Der König von Thule, S. 278.2 Im Rhein, im schönen Strome, S. 272.2 Die Loreley, S. 273.2 Ihr Glocken von Marling, S. 328 Die drei Zigeuner, S. 320 3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 270.2: Benedetto sia 'l giorno (Sonetto 47) 3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 270.2: Pace non trovo (Sonetto 104) 3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 270.2: I' vidi in terra angelici costumi (Sonetto 123) Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S. 314 O lieb, solang du lieben kannst, S. 298 Die stille W ..read more

Information Composer: Franz Liszt Die Lorelei, S. 369 Die drei Zigeuner, S. 374 Die junge Nonne, S. 375/1 (After Schubert) Gretchen am Spinnrade, S. 375/2 (After Schubert) Lied der Mignon, S. 375/3 (After Schubert) Der Erlkönig, S. 375/4 (After Schubert) Der Doppelgänger, S. 375/5 (After Schubert) Die Vätergruft, S. 371 Weimars Toten Le Juif errant Der Titan, S. 79/2 Sunhae Im, soprano Stephanie Houtzeel, mezzo-soprano Thomas Hampson, baritone Tomasz Konieczny, baritone Chorus Viennensis Orchester Wiener Akademie Martin Haselböck, conductor Date: 2023 Label:  ..read more