From principal oboist Mary Lynch’s reedy mastery to the politely timed coughing of its die-hard patrons (a mini-explosion between movements), the Seattle Symphony holds an eternal soft spot in my ...

One of the greatest piano concertos ever written actually received insults and rejection when it was new and was called unplayable. After it’s premiere, one scathing review said it would never become ...

One of the greatest piano concertos ever written actually received insults and rejection when it was new and was called unplayable. After its premiere, one scathing review said it would never become ...

I salivated when I read the tracklisting on this immaculately produced disc. I wasn’t disappointed; you’d need a heart of ice to resist Florian Uhlig’s playing. Debussy’s three-movement Fantaisie pour ...

The mini-festival of famous piano concertos that dominates the fourth week of the 2009 Colorado Music Festival is a variation on the Beethoven blast that packed Chautauqua last summer. “I couldn’t ...

Daniil Trifonov (main picture) opened the proceedings with an austere but committed reading of the First Concerto. Trifonov has a distinctive sound, precise, clean and focused. He is expressive, but ...

The British pianist Paul Lewis has been reaping extravagant praise - particularly from his countrymen - for his Beethoven recordings, including a complete cycle of the sonatas and now this set of the ...

The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) is set to welcome one of the towering figures of classical music, as legendary pianist Rudolf Buchbinder takes centrestage for a landmark Beethoven piano ...