Johann Nepomuk Hummel, renowned as one of the greatest pianists of his day, wrote a series of works to celebrate his virtuosity, not just piano concertos, but sonatas, of which nine are for solo piano ...

Angela Hewitt can be a surprising pianist. What sometimes seems to be her almost mannerist approach to baroque or early classical works is replaced in the 19th- and early 20th-century repertoire by ...

Today Fiona Talkington has a recording made for International Women’s Day by German Radio, featuring Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic’s Symphony in F sharp minor. Described as the ‘matriarch of ...

Henryk Wieniawski composed the "Violin Concerto in F sharp minor" in 1853. Its premiere took place on 27th October 1853 in Leipzig, with Wieniawski playing the solo part, accompanied by the famous ...

American pianist Jonathan Biss, who is recording the Beethoven sonatas at the pace of one disc a year, has a good way with words. The fact that Beethoven's Sonata in E flat, Op 7, and the Moonlight ...