Piano Concerti

I think that I last posted this piece four years ago, with Gilels as the soloist. I am posting it again, this time with George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra...

There is a recording of Rachmaninoff playing the Third Piano Concerto in D Minor. I thought that I would be nice to hear and to contrast it with a different...

This is my favorite pianist, conducted by Alexander Schneider of Marlboro Music fame during the Pablo Casals Festive in Puerto Rico. The recording is live from 1958. I hope that...

Dinu Lipatti, who died at age 33 from lymphoma, is still regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. These pieces are piano concerti from live performances....

Emil Gilels Born: October 19, 1916 - Odessa, Russia Died: October 14, 1985 - Moscow, Russia Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a Soviet pianist. He was born Samuil Hilels in Odessa...

I seem to find myself in a Brahmsian universe. As such, I am posting this performance of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto in B-flat major, op.83. This is a long...

Well, I'm not back to vocal music yet, but I will get there soon. Sviatoslav Richter Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet pianist of Russian-German origin, who is generally regarded...

Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Though he published it second, Chopin’s Piano Concerto in F minor was actually the first concerto he composed. After a surprisingly successful impromptu solo debut...