This 2008 Hyperion disc called A Mozart Album programmed and performed by English pianist Stephen Hough is a model recital. The disc starts with pure Mozart, the Fantasia in C minor, K. 475, and the Sonata in B flat major K. 333, then moves to not so pure Mozart, a Fantasia in C minor, K. 396, begun by Mozart but finished after his death by ...
The Viennese fortepiano of Anton Walter and its ilk -- agile, colorful, and bright -- has predominated among recordings of Classical-era music on the instruments for which it was written. But there was a competing group of manufacturers in London whose instruments sounded quite different, and in fact closer to the modern piano: loud, percussive, ...
This little disc promises one thing with its cute title, intends something else, and delivers yet a third thing. Russian harpsichordist Olga Martynova has released a series of "Harpsichord Gems" discs featuring unusual harpsichord music. Here she joins the group of contemporary harpsichordists who have taken the bold step of playing piano music -- ...
Literature for piano quartet: sparse. Literature for piano quintet: scarce. Literature for fortepiano quintet: a true rarity. Or so one might think. The Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet (which takes its seemingly odd name from the middle name of composer Johann Hummel, who composed for its instrumentation) has found enough literature to fill several ...
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