Bruce Liu is Bringing Us Another Colorful Concept Album This Week
Liu’s latest on Deutsche Grammophon “Lunaris” will be released in full on Friday (Aug. 7), following a lengthy pre-release drip feed. What can we expect? Color for starters…
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Katia & Marielle Labèque Trace a Wild Career Through 55 Years and 55 Tracks
Fifty-five years after Olivier Messiaen “discovered” two teenage pianists in a practise room at the Conservatoire, the Labèque sisters map their whole recording life across three discs: yes, this is their Eras Tour!
Ravel According to Seong-Jin Cho
Moment by moment, individual phrase by phrase, Cho plays intelligently and shapes every line with elegance and care.
Bertrand Chamayou Plays Ravel Like You’ve Never Heard
Let me get straight to the heart of the matter here, and sing the praises of Bertrand Chamayou’s stunning performance of Ravel’s La Valse, which is indeed the heart of this album’s shining contribution to the … Read more
Jan Lisiecki’s Night Music Finds Moments of Illumination in Schumann and Ravel
More like a cabinet of curiosities than an evocation of night, but a cabinet filled with moments of magic