JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Sonata 3 op.5 / Variations on a theme by Paganini Nelson Goerner (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "he doesn't detonate the instrument in an effort to accommodate the occasionally overblown writing but has mastered its details so thoroughly that, for all the breadth and heft of the musical ideas, the piece sounds proportionate to the piano" Gramop |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Music for Two Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) with Gabriela Montero (piano), Nelson Goerner (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Nov/2014 ] Martha Argerich's long career has taken in many outstanding solo performances, but she has often professed to feeling 'lonely' on stage. This CD showcases the area in which she feels truly at home: her extensive and fruitful collaborations with other... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Orchestral Works (Incls Concertino for Clarinet & Die Brautwahl) John Bradbury (clarinet) Nelson Goerner (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics 241 / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2017 ] 'Since Neeme Järvi and Chandos parted company some years back the byways of the CD repertoire have been much the poorer served. With this disc, business resumes as usual…' BBC Music Magazine |
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albéniz: Iberia Nelson Goerner (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Debussy and Messiaen regarded Iberia as THE piano masterpiece of the twentieth century: 'One's eyes close, as if dazzled from having gazed upon too many images', wrote Debussy in 1905. |
DEBUSSY
L'isle Joyeuse / Images Book I / Etudes Book II / Estampes Nelson Goerner (piano) [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] "Everything he touches, on disc at least, seems simply 'right'...You could hardly wish for this to be more musically and effectively conveyed." (Gramophone) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Nocturnes Nelson Goerner (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 14/Aug/2017 ] "Chopin's soul seems to be revealed in these warmly recorded performances." BBC Music Instrumental Choice January 2018 |
SCHUMANN
Kreisleriana / Symphonic Studies Nelson Goerner (piano) [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 15/Mar/2015 ] "His technically secure playing displays a real feeling for the pieces' ever-changing colours and for the logic leading one phrase into another, his tiny rhythmic adjustments never disrupting the flow." BBC Music Magazine |
BEETHOVEN
Sonata No.29 'Hammerklavier' Bagatelles Op.126 Nelson Goerner (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] He is nicknamed 'the poet of the piano', an epithet confirmed by each of his appearances in concert or on record, most recently with his multi-award-winning Debussy and Chopin CDs. Nelson Goerner already has an imposing discography, but this is the... |