Vladimir Ashkenazy has had a particular affection for the music of Rachmaninoff throughout his professional life, and his performances have long had the ring both of authenticity and of deep commitment. This is not surprising in a Russian-born and…

Vladimir Ashkenazy closed the 1984/85 season in London with a recital at the Royal Festival Hall that was regarded by many of those present as a new peak in his musicmaking. If that perception is correct, it is a remarkable achievement in a career…

Daniel Barenboim plays Franz Liszt: Wagner and Verdi Opera transcriptions

Barenboim plays Liszt (Wanderjahre Schweiz)

Yefim Bronfman plays Brahms Händel Variations op. 24 and Four Piano Pieces op. 119.

In this recording, 97-year-old Mieczyslaw Horszowski plays pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin, both composers that belonged to his standard repertoire.

One of today's foremost Mozart interpreters, pianist Friedrich Gulda plays an all-Mozart concert. The programme includes the FANTASIA IN D MINOR K 397, PIANO SONATA NO.12 IN F K332, FANTASIA IN C MINOR K 475 and PIANO SONATA NO. 14 IN C MINOR K 457.

Filmed in Frankfurt and Munich.

The Sonata 1905 is probably the most important work for piano by Czech composer Leós Janácek. In this work he expresses his deprecation for the violent death of a young worker who was killed in demonstrations short before. In this recording Hungarian…

In this recording acclaimed pianist András Schiff performs the first part of the fifteen piece cycle “On an Overgrown Path”, written by Czech composer Leós Janácek. Inspired by his Moravian homeland, the music is filled with folk melodies and is…