Since you are interested in Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus András Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] "Schiff is a true master of the instrument and knows how to connect its resources to his individual, yet never mannered, Schubertian vision" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2019 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concertos András Schiff (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] "What he and the OAE offer is not so much to do with authenticity as with freshness and 'detoxification." Recording of the Month Gramophone July 2021 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos Isabelle Faust (violin) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "her sound growing out of the corporate entity to glitter, coax, snarl and soar as required…[a] thought-provoking and eminently enjoyable cycle" Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
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Leonard Cohen
Thanks For The Dance [ Columbia / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] In a posthumous new album, Leonard Cohen has robbed death of the last word. 'Thanks for the Dance' is not a commemorative collection of B sides and outtakes, but an unexpected harvest of new songs, exciting and vital, a continuation of the... |
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FRANZ LISZT / SIGISMOND THALBERG
Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] "The execution is so incredibly neat and well ordered, and yet sounds completely spontaneous, like an inspired improvisation…This is a master pianist at the height of his powers" GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
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SATIE / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / FAURE / POULENC
Michael Houstoun - Trois Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/Oct/2017 ] Michael Houstoun's second release on Rattle in 2017, following the exceptional tour de force of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, is a selection of personal favourites from the repertoire of French piano music. Trois is an album of absolutely... |
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Nadia Reid
Out Of My Province [ Slow Time Records / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Out of My Province showcases Nadia's sharpest songwriting to date, atmospheric arrangements replete with strings and Rhodes, and of course that immense voice, alternately soothing and riveting. |
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CHRISTOPHER BLAKE
Blake: Symphony - Voices The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 11/Jun/2019 ] A dramatic symphonic journey through T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", recorded live. |
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BEETHOVEN
Live Orchestra Wellington [ Concordance Records / CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] In 2017, as part of their partnership with Radio New Zealand Concert, Orchestra Wellington, New Zealand's longest running and most well-attended regional orchestra, made live recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 and 'Symphony... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas [Nos 32, 40, 49, 50] Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Apr/2018 ] "Paul Lewis has finally turned his attention to Haydn. Hurray for that, for it's a superb fit; it's also clear that he has absorbed the experience of working with Alfred Brendel as a young man, and the results are nothing if not personal." Gramophone |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos.20, 34, 51 & 52 Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] In 2018, Paul Lewis embarked on an exploration of one of the richest bodies of work of the Classical era: the keyboard sonatas of Haydn. For his second volume, the British pianist tackles some of the most remarkable pieces in this vast oeuvre: the... |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin concerto / Violin Sonata Renaud Capuçon (violin), Stephen Hough (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Erato / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Concerto |
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MAURICE RAVEL / MANUEL DE FALLA / ERIK SATIE / FRANCIS POULENC
Camino Sean Shibe (guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Aug/2021 ] "Vivid, beguiling and intensely intimate" BBC Music Recording of the Month Oct 2021 |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Beatrice Rana (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "Her detailing is one of the aspects that makes this performance so compelling, be it the bringing out of a new line in the repeat, subtle changes in phrasing, a touch of pedal - examples are to be found in every single variation." Gramophone |
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PUCCINI / BOITO / MASCAGNI / MASSENET / LEONCAVALLO / GIORDANO / VERDI
Ermonela Jaho: Anima Rara Ermonela Jaho (soprano), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Andrea Battistoni [ Opera Rara / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Voice & Ensemble International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Vocal Music |
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SERRANO / de FALLA / RAVEL / BERLIOZ / LORCA / etc
Fatma Said - El Nour Fatma Said (soprano), with Rafael Aguirre (guitar) Malcolm Martineau (piano) & others [ Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Song BBC Music Award WINNER 2021 - Vocal & Newcomer Award |
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J. S. BACH
Glenn Gould: A State of Wonder - The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981 Glenn Gould (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 7/Aug/2020 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 4) - BBC MUSIC |
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CLARA SCHUMANN
Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Holly Mathieson [ Decca / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "it is the performances of the two song transcriptions that show what a gifted musician Kanneh-Mason is." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice August 2019 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Intermezzi Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] The Brahms Intermezzi are among the finest works ever written for solo piano, and it is our very great pleasure to release this wonderful album to mark the occasion of Michael's 70th birthday. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] Paul Lewis completes his exploration of Schubert's sonatas, begun almost twenty years ago, with three early masterpieces. The Sonatas D537 and D568 display the daring and freshness of their youthful creator, while with D664, dazzling in its artless... |