Turbulent times were not uncommon at this legendary institution, but it produced some of the finest pianists and composers, as Warwick Thomspon explains Cover star Jean-Efflam Bavouzet studied there, and all the French composers whose...
Plenty of attractive French scores and lyrical Songs without Words are peppered throughout this issue’s 40-page pullout of sheet music for all levels German composer Christian Louis Heinrich Köhler (known for short as Louis Köhler) received a...
From the songs of Mendelssohn to the lesser known chants by Alkan, Matthew Mills looks at the repertoire where the piano must always ‘sing’ There is a particular kind of piano playing that makes you forget you are listening to a piano at...
Alexander Malofeev plays forgotten melodies while Aline Piboule turns to water-inspired music – both receiving the coveted five stars Forgotten Melodies: Solo piano works by Glinka, Medtner, Rachmaninov and Glazunov Sony 19802936922...
Succesful legato playing is a combination of overlapping, finger substitions and the subtle use of pedal, says Graham Fitch Put simply, legato in piano playing involves joining one sound to the next with no discernible gap in between....
Anyone can learn the notes, but Brahms’s Intermezzo Op 119 No 3 requires deep musical understanding, says Lucy Parham Brahms’s Four Piano Pieces Op 119 comprise a set of four short works written in 1893, towards the end of the composer’s life....