Since you are interested in Nikolai Lugansky In Recital (recorded live at the Verbier Festival on 28th July 2008), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
J. S. BACH / DOMENICO SCARLATTI / LUDWIG van BEEETHOVEN
Ivo Pogorelich : Recital - Live in Castello Reale di Racconigi Ivo Pogorelich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] "Pogorelich has a reputation for willful interpretations, very idiosyncratic tempo choices, etc. I was half-prepared to see some of that here, but it was just the opposite. The sobriety, absolute technical mastery, and musical depth on display... |
MOZART / CHOPIN / RAVEL / BRAHMS
In Recital (recorded in 2010) John Chen (piano) [ McCarthy Communications / DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] New Zealand pianist John Chen was the youngest ever winner of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, where he also won prizes for the best performance of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, chamber music and concerto. Since then, he has... |
RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G (with works by Richard Strauss) [recorded in Paris in January 2009] Helene Grimaud (piano) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Vladimir Jurowski [ EuroArts / DVD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Jurowki conjures up some fine playing in this, encouraging his section leaders to play up the humour of the score, but the best of the disc is the opening work, an impassioned, heartfelt account of Strauss's Metamorphosen." (Gramophone) |
RACHMANINOV / STRAVINSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY
A Russian Night (Incls Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2) Helene Grimaud (piano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] G - "This Tempest blazes with all of the wanton passion inherit in the score, and Abbado actually gives the work more than it deserves. Thrilling indeed." (**** AudAud.com) |
MUSSORGSKY / BEETHOVEN
Live From Salzburg 2008 [Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition / Beethoven - Triple Concerto Op. 56] Martha Argerich (piano) Renaud Capucon (violin) Gautier Capucon, cello) / Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 4/May/2009 ] Gustavo Dudamel's thrilling debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2008 recorded live in the heat of the moment at the Grosses Festspielhaus. |
BAZZINI / FALLA / DINICU / RAVEL / MOSZKOWSKI / etc
Homage James Ehnes (violin) Eduard Laurel (piano) [ Onyx / 2 CD/DVD - released 14/Dec/2008 ] "Ehnes takes us to encore heaven, stringing them out with endless flair played on a succession of priceless violins and violas from the Fulton Collection. He adores both the music and the instruments and you can see this on the accompanying DVD" (Herald) |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas No 19, 20 and 29 (Hammerklavier) Jean-Frederic Neuburger (piano) [ Mirare / 2 CD/DVD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] CD+bonus DVD Journey into the Hammerklavier. A documentary directed by Jean Frederic Neuburger and François-René Martin |
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No 2 / Three Intermezzi Op 117 (concert recorded in 2009) [with documentary] Joaquin Achucarro (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Achúcarro's approach is unorthodox in today's stick-to-theletter-of-the-score, mechanically perfect musical world. His rubati seem excessive to some; to others, like a throwback to a Golden Age." Washington Post |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Helsinki Recital (DVD + CD) Karita Mattila (soprano) / Martin Katz (piano) [ Ondine / 2 CD/DVD - released 19/Nov/2010 ] This new release pays tribute to Finnish superstar Karita Mattila on the occasion of her 50th birthday in September 2010. |