Latest News: Classical, Kirill Gerstein (Piano)
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Recording of the Week,
Two world premiere recordings of music by Thomas Adès 6th March 2020Thomas Adès conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in performances of two of his own works: the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, and Totentanz.
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Interview,
Kirill Gerstein on Busoni 20th February 2019The pianist talks to Katherine about his recording of the Italian composer’s gargantuan Piano Concerto of 1904, released this week on Myrios with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo.
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Interview,
Kirill Gerstein on The Gershwin Moment 1st March 2018The pianist talks to Katherine about his new album, which includes the jazz-band version of Rhapsody in Blue, the Piano Concerto in F, and song transcriptions by Earl Wild.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko conducts music by Scriabin 8th December 2017James listens to a stirring performance of music by Scriabin from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic, released in October and chosen as one of our Top Ten Discs of the Year.
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Interview,
Kirill Gerstein on Scriabin 7th November 2017David talks to the pianist about his recent recording of Scriabin's Piano Concerto with Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Interview,
Kirill Gerstein on Tchaikovsky 6th August 2016Ahead of his Proms performance of the First Piano Concerto tomorrow, the pianist talks to David about the various versions of the work.
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Recording of the Week,
Russian Cello and Piano Concertos from Steven Isserlis and Kirill Gerstein 2nd March 2015David listens to a pair of new releases that throw light on early versions of concertos by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.