Since you are interested in Piano Concertos / Miroirs, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SCHUMANN
Carnival / Etudes Symphoniques Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "On his own, Aimard combines virtuoso panache with a limpid touch." Daily Telegraph, Jan 2005 |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Images / Etudes Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2004 ] "Hugely impressive Debussy performances, making him still sound modern today" Editor's Choice Gramophone magazine (Nov 2003) |
GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Music for Piano (includes Etudes for piano) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Sony Ligeti Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] "Pierre-Laurent Aimard is Ligeti's ambassador extraordinaire, it would seem. His championship of the (now nineteen) Etudes has made audiences cheer around the world, and it is always a salutary experience to see as well as hear him negotiate these... |
DVORAK
Piano Concerto / The Golden Spinning Wheel Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "The Concerto finally sounds like better music than it is - superb coupling, too." -Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 |
NOTE BY NOTE
Note by Note - The Making of the Steinway Pierre-Laurent Aimard / Harry Connick Jr. / Helene Grimaud / Hank Jones / Lang Lang [ BBC / DVD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] G - A feature-length independent documentary that follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037 - from forest floor to concert hall. |
MESSIAEN
Hommage A Messiaen (Incls 'Preludes pour piano') Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 11/Aug/2008 ] "Aimard achieves insight through clarity, a quality aided by superb sound-recording, with a rich range of meticulously graded dynamic levels, and just the right amount of space and resonance around the instrument." Gramophone Magazine, November 2008 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) / Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 24/Feb/2003 ] "Readings of purposeful spontaneity which do justice to both the lyrical and the epic." Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2003 |