A few months ago EMI released two discs of chamber music, by Schumann and Mendelssohn mostly, recorded last year at the festival over which Martha Argerich presides annually at Lugano in Switzerland.

Alexander Melnikov's groundbreaking recording of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues recently established him as the interpreter of choice for the composer's piano works, making a disc of the Concertos ...

The Canadian Analekta label here showcases two gifted Canadian artists, the brothers Alain and David Lefèvre, in a perky Piano Concertino by the Québec-born composer André Mathieu (1929-1968), which ...

Piano Trio No. 1 Arisa Fujita, Violin Honoka Fujita, Cello Megumi Fujita, Piano Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Piano Trio No. 2 Arisa Fujita, Violin Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Megumi Fujita, Piano ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The debate continues over whether Britten’s Violin Concerto, a product of his early maturity, is a masterwork or ...

Shostakovich, Violin Concertos 1 & 2, review: Alina Ibragimova brings steely purity to a taxing masterpiece On this new recording, Vladimir Jurowski conducts Alina Ibragimova and the State Symphony ...

This celebrated Turkish pianist studied under Nadia Boulanger and Alfred Cortot, and was a lifelong disciple of Wilhelm Kempff. Throughout her distinguished career she has played under all the great ...

Alexander Melnikov (piano),Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet), Mahler Chamber Orchestra/ Teodor Currentzis, Isabelle Faust (violin) Harmonia Mundi HMC 902104**** Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto of 1933, ...