Rattle conducts Zimerman and a socially distanced London Symphony Orchestra in recordings of clarity and beauty It is easy to forget now, but 2020 should have been the year of Beethoven, when ...

So, you want to get to know a piece of classical music better. Let’s say you pick Beethoven’s fifth piano concerto, called the Emperor Concerto. You’ve heard that it’s one of the biggest and best in ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 Jonathan Biss, Piano Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Malin Broman, Conductor Il sogno di Stradella Jonathan Biss, Piano Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Omer ...

Classical concert lore is full of great pinch-hitting stories. For example, stardom found a young Leonard Bernstein when he stepped in for conductor Bruno Walter on short notice, and teenage pianist ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' Nelson Freire, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Riccardo Chailly, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sonata for Piano No. 32 Nelson Freire, ...

This recording of Serkin from 1977 highlights a 20th-century great who brought musical purpose and intellectual rigour to every detail Rudolf Serkin ranks among the greatest of 20th-century pianists; ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: ‘Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg ...

Beethoven‘s Fifth Piano Concerto, The Emperor was voted Australia’s favourite piano piece in the ABC Classic 100: Piano. This is the concerto’s third triumph in a Classic 100 with The Emperor pushing ...

A piano concerto Beethoven was working on when he was 18 years old premiered Feb. 1 in Rotterdam. Reconstructed by Dutch musicologist Cees Nieuwenhuizen, the work was found in 2004 among a group of ...