The young Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes (AHNDS-nayss) has been impressing the music world by (a) playing brilliantly, in a variety of repertoire, and (b) demonstrating a certain healthy distaste ...
The 25-year-old Benjamin Britten's self-described "bravura" Piano Concerto of 1938 attracted early critical brickbats for its "angry blatancy," "cleverness" and "errors of taste". His 1939 "rather ...
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Elizabeth Joy Roe, Piano Emil Tabakov, Conductor London Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Britten, Composer Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Samuel Barber, Composer London ...
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Edward Gardner, Conductor Howard Shelley, Piano Benjamin Britten, Composer BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Tasmin Little, Violin BBC ...
The Australian pianist Noel Mewton-Wood killed himself in London in 1953, aged 31. He had been a close friend of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, and gave the first performances of the revised ...
Ignore the ludicrous, sultry picture of Elizabeth Joy Roe on the back of this CD’s cover. Her playing of Britten’s powerful 1938 concerto has an allure that is anything but sexy; it’s urgent and ...
The three works recorded here, all written in a 2 1/2-year span (1938-40), comprise Britten's entire output for solo piano and orchestra. By turns riotous, ruminative, mystery-shrouded and cheerfully ...
Live from Sage Gateshead, Erica Jeal joins Andrew McGregor to choose her favourite from among the available recordings of Britten's Piano Concerto, Op 13 for Building a Library. Benjamin Britten, prey ...
Recorded live at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1963, this concert feels just as vivid 40 years later. It’s a meeting of minds, each performer displaying a strong individual personality – Britten smooth ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Britten centenary is turning into a CD bonanza. Hot on the heels of Ian Bostridge’s song anthology comes this ...
Britten & Barber Piano Concertos (Decca) Verdict: American pianist comes up with the perfect transatlantic concerto coupling Elizabeth Joy Roe's Decca recording of piano concertos by Benjamin Britten ...
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