The "Consolations" themselves might appeal for the gifted amateur, but Giorgini's performance is of such consummate musical grace and affection that the music is light years away from such consideration

Sir András Schiff received two high honours in the golden hall of the Musikverein

Emre Yavuz widmet Maurice Ravel sein neues Album: “Maurice Ravel: Très Franc”

The multiple GRAMMY winner, jazz pianist and composer Gonzalo Rubalcaba receives the Grammy for his album "Skyline" in the category "Best Jazz Instrumental Album". On Skyline, Rubalcaba plays in a dynamic trio format, accompanied by Ron Carter on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums.

This album impresses with its freedom of expression, which builds on the solid foundation of European contemporary music as well as on the trends of jazz aesthetics. There are also steps out of the drawer in different directions that are often still undiscovered... (Jazz-fun.de)

I always thought Christa Ludwig was the greatest Brahms singer, but she was until I heard her sing Strauss. Again, I had to assign her a new throne. Then I heard her sing Wagner, and again I experienced the same thing. And when I heard her sing Wagner, and again I experienced the same thing. And when I heard her recently, with her incredible interpretation of the Old Lady in my musical "Candide", I had to give up. She is simply the best! (Leonard Bernstein)

Beatrice Berrut's very internalized and expressive playing interweaves wonderfully with Franz Liszt's late work, which soberly and suggestively at the same time, opened the way to modernity.

Two great artists, pianist András Schiff and composer/clarinettist Jörg Widmann, join forces for the first time on record, performing Brahms’s late masterpieces, the clarinet sonatas op. 120, written in 1894. In between the sonatas Schiff plays Widmann’s evocative Intermezzi for piano. As Jörg Widmann explains in a programme note, these are works inspired by his friendship with András Schiff and by a shared love of Brahms, to whom they pay tribute. The album was recorded at Neumarkt’s Historischer Reitstadel.