Piano Classics

28/05/2026

‘These are remarkable works and Mark Viner plays them with gripping dedication’

An excellent review of “Alkan: Character Pieces & Grotesqueries”, performed by Mark Viner.

🎵Purchase, download or stream the album now: https://pianoclassics.lnk.to/AlkanCharacterPiecesGrotesqueriesPC/ID

🎹Find out more about the album on our website: https://www.piano-classics.com/articles/a/alkan-character-pieces-grotesqueries/

📺Watch the full review from Dave Hurwitz here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlYgvXxbNno

Listen to Alkan: Character Pieces & Grotesqueries by Mark Viner.

19/05/2026

'Emanuele Delucchi follows Leopold Godowsky on his idiosyncratic path through the music of various hands masterfully in a highly specialized repertoire.'
A great review on Godowsky: Transcriptions performed by Emanuele Delucchi

🎵Purchase, download or stream the album now: https://pianoclassics.lnk.to/GodowskyTranscriptionsPC/ID

💎Find out more about the album on our website: https://www.piano-classics.com/articles/g/godowsky-transcriptions/

📚Read the full review (in German) written by Dr. Matthias Lange
on Klassik.com here: https://magazin.klassik.com/reviews/reviews.cfm?TASK=REVIEW&RECID=41224&REID=21514

17/05/2026

'There is great brilliance in the interpretation, and she presents the lyrical parts in the light of what is perhaps even brittle despair. (...) It is commendable that the pianist does not overplay these dark sides.'

An amazing review for the “Shostakovich and Pupils, Vol.2: Weinberg, Sviridov, Bunin” album performed by Fernanda Damiano.

Purchase, download or stream the album now: https://pianoclassics.lnk.to/ShostakovichAndPupilsVol2PC/ID

Find out more about the album on our website: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/a/alfano-concerto-for-violin-cello-piano-piano-quintet/

Read the full review written by Remy Franck on Pizzicato here: https://www.pizzicato.lu/der-meister-und-die-schuler/

10/05/2026

Thanks Billy!

01/04/2026

To celebrate World Piano day, we’re delighted to announce a special promotion in partnership with Qobuz.

Enjoy 30% off a selection of our album downloads. Available now through April 27, 2026.

Explore the offer here: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/search/query/pianoday-campaign-2026-usca?mode=grid&ssf%5Bs%5D=main_catalog&ssf%5Bf%5D%5Bln%5D=Piano+Classics

19/03/2026

'Revueltas would much later describe his music as a sequence of images, and this also applies to these piano miniatures, which Rodolfo Ritter plays with great inspiration and brilliant technique...This is therefore an extremely important first recording, which we can easily recommend given the quality of the performances'

A beautiful 5 star review for "Revueltas: Complete Piano Music, Volume 1" by Rodolfo Ritter Arenas.

Remy Franck from Pizzicato with an amazing review. You can read the review here (in German and English): https://www.pizzicato.lu/premiere-silvestre-revueltas-und-das-klavier/

💎 Find out more about this album on our website, where you can also look at purchasing, downloading and streaming options: https://www.piano-classics.com/articles/r/revueltas-complete-piano-music-volume-1/

09/02/2026

Brilliant Classics’ new releases for February 2026:
This months’ includes Beethoven’s Early Piano Sonatas Opp. 2-7-10, a collection of the first nine of Beethoven’s sonatas performed with fully original instruments of the period, performed by Simone Pierini. Another highlight is Handel’s Complete Flute Sonatas, featuring sonatas originally composed for other instruments like the recorder or even violin, now performed on the flute by DUO ASTRA, Lorenzo D’Antò and Michele Di Filippo.

Other releases include:
- Vivaldi - Violin Concertos (L’Arte dell’Arco/Federico Guglielmo/La Magnifica Comunità/Enrico Casazza/Roberto Loreggian/Pier Luigi Fabretti)
- Shostakovich and Pupils Vol.2: Weinberg, Sviridov, Bunin (Fernanda Damiano)
- Jean-Baptiste Gravier - Six Sonates pour le Clavecin (Fernando De Luca)
- Michelangelo Rossi - Toccate & Corenti for Organ & Harpsichord (Manuel Tomadin)

For more information:
Brilliant Classics: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/catalogues/new-releases/
Piano Classics: https://www.piano-classics.com/

09/01/2026

'"Iconic" ballet music is what you'll hear here, or so the title suggests, and I'm very inclined to agree'

Dr. Jan Kampmeier of Klassik.com with a review of Ekaterina Litvintseva's "Iconic Ballet Music for Piano" You can read the review here (in German): https://magazin.klassik.com/reviews/reviews.cfm?TASK=REVIEW&RECID=41271&REID=21478

💎 Find out more about this album on our website, where you can also look at purchasing, downloading and streaming options: https://www.piano-classics.com/articles/i/iconic-ballet-music-for-piano/

07/01/2026

We are sad that British pianist Jonathan Powell
passed away on a much too young age. We will remember him as a gifted and rare gem in modern pianistic art!

His legacy lives on here: https://www.piano-classics.com/articles/s/sorabji-sequentia-cyclica/

Youtube complete Sorabji recording:
https://youtu.be/o42phA-Y0vU?si=yMJDc82a8KKCSYYa

Read more on him: https://slippedisc.com/2026/01/on-the-tragic-death-of-awild-british-pianist/

The cellist and composer Zoe Martlew pays tribute...

17/12/2025

'Yuan Sheng impresses with his interpretation of Tchaikovsky's lyrical piano pieces (Op. 39 & 40), which highlight the composer's skill far beyond the grand forms.'

Dr. Kai Marius Schabram of Klassik.com with an amazing review of Yuan Sheng's "Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young Op.39, 12 Pieces for Piano of Medium Difficulty, Op.40". You can read the review here (in German): https://magazin.klassik.com/reviews/reviews.cfm?TASK=REVIEW&RECID=38537&REID=21458

💎 Find out more about this album on our website, where you can also look at purchasing, downloading and streaming options: https://www.piano-classics.com/articles/t/tchaikovsky-album-for-the-young-op39-12-pieces-for-piano-of-medium-difficulty-op40/