Since you are interested in Debussy & Rameau, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
J.S. BACH / SCHUMANN / KURTAG / BARTOK / BRAHMS / KALDALONS / etc
Víkingur Ólafsson - From Afar Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The Icelandic pianist presents FromAfar, a unique double album containing two recordings of the same repertoire, one played on a Steinway concert grand, the other on an upright piano. |
J. S. BACH
Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites (2017 recording) Yo Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2018 ] "I don't think he has ever made a greater recording and his personal booklet notes help provide a conceptual setting for his playing." Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2018 |
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 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Works & Reworks Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A deluxe version of Ólafsson's two Bach albums. Johann Sebastian Bach has won five-star reviews worldwide, as has Bach Reworks, the pianist's performances of Bach transcriptions and works reimagined by today's composers - Ryuichi Sakamoto,... |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Piano Works Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) / Siggi String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2017 ] "Ólafsson's interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own...[he] possesses that rare gift of illuminating a familiar work in unexpected ways, revealing hidden depths and drawing out its best qualities" Gramophone |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Chopin Project Ólafur Arnalds (cello) Alice Sara Ott (piano) [ Mercury Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2016 ] Award-winning young Icelandic musician Ólafur Arnalds (celebrated composer of the score for TV series Broadchurch) has always loved the piano music of Frédéric Chopin, but had grown weary of the uniform and standardized perfection of recordings.... |
J. S. BACH
Johann Sebastian Bach - Víkingur Ólafsson Vikingur Olafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] "Every track has its own allure, and many reflect a virtuosity which is never flaunted; he treats the preludes and fugues as though they had been conceived as tone-poems or études." BBC Music Five Stars |
MOZART / GALUPPI / HAYDN / CIMAROSA / C.P.E. BACH
Mozart & Contemporaries Vikingur Olafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "there is much to admire here thanks to Ólafsson's superb pianism, most notably in Haydn's Sonata No. 47, Mozart's little Cmajor Sonata and his dagio in Bminor; his Kleine Gigue goes like the wind." - BBC Music Magazine |