Gabriela Montero loves Improvisation. The Venezualian artist masters this uncommon art like no other classic pianist of today. This remarkable talent has become the highlight of her concerts. This recital recording captures Monteros’ ephemeral…

Pianist András Schiff and cellist Miklos Perenyi come together to perform Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata. Initially written for Arpeggione, an instrument somewhere between viola and cello that disappeared a few years after the writing of this piece…

It was on the spur of the moment that András Schiff and a few of his friends decided to establish the Cappella. The pianist’s quirky humour is reflected in the rather ambiguous name of the ensemble, “Andrea Barca”. Schiff is fond of telling the story…

Acclaimed pianist András Schiff performs Bela Bartok's Piano Concertos with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Throughout the stunning performances of these iconic works, Schiff and Rattle bring to life the…

Acclaimed pianist András Schiff performs Bela Bartok's Piano Concertos with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Throughout the stunning performances of these iconic works, Schiff and Rattle bring to life the…

In this interpretation, Sleeping Beauty lives isolated in a world shaped by hedonism, created as a social panorama in a kind of chamber play. Only after a major drop from this fake world, she lands on the ground of facts. She falls into a deep sleep…

As is customary, the annecy classic festival 2014 closed with a performance by Yuri Temirkanov, Denis Matsuev and the St Petersburg Philharmonic. For the 2014 closing concert, the artists chose works by Edward Elgar and Modest Mussorgsky.

In August 2015, Denis Matsuev, Yuri Temirkanov and the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra closed the annecy classic festival with a program featuring an all-Prokofiev program: They showcased both the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the famous ballet Romeo…

Annette Dasch started her fulminant career as a winner of prestigious international singing competitions and is nowadays one of the most sought-after singers. She is also known for developing her own musical programmes. In 2011, an extraordinary…

Antonio Pappano together with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden are presenting a symphonic work with particular relevance for Dresden: Rachmaninoff‘s Symphony No. 2 , which was written during the composer‘s years at the Saxon residency. The…