Spanish pianist and scholar Isabel Dobarro has an active international performing career and has performed and lectured at some of the most renowned venues in the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the European Parliament, and the National Auditorium in Madrid and the Palau de la Música Catalana. Dobarro is recognized as a passionate advocate for female …
Kaleidoscope
Playlist
Dobrinka Tabakova: Nocturne
Gabriela Ortiz: Estudios Entre Preludios
Nkeiru Okoye: African Sketches
Suad Bushnaq: Improvisation
Yoko Kanno: Hana wa saku
Tania León: Tumbao
Carolyn Morris: Blue Ocean
Karen Tanaka: Water Dance
Claudio Montero: “Buenos Aires, despierta y sueña”
Julia Wolfe: Earring
Caroline Shaw: Gustave Le Gray
Carme Rodríguez: Alalá das paisaxes verticais
Espansiva
Danish pianists Rikke Sandberg and Kristoffer Hyldig have partnered to record dazzling versions of music by Denmark’s most famous composer Carl Nielsen for piano, four hands. Selections include Nielsen’s own piano, four hands versions of his Third Symphony, “Sinfonia Espansiva,” and excerpts from his opera Saul and David. In addition to being promotional tools, four hand arrangements were , in …
Playlist
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, “Sinfonia espansiva” (3rd mvmt)
Carl Nielsen: “Saul and David,” Op. 25 (Act 4 Prelude and Battle Music)
Niels Jørgensen: “Højby Rifle Club March”
Oiseaux Tristes
Pianist Fazıl Say writes: “Oiseaux tristes brings together works by three prominent French composers… As I was working on the album during the pandemic period, it reflects the mood of that time… (Ravel’s) Miroirs is one of the most comprehensive and interesting works in the piano repertoire. I spent months working on it, and although it’s difficult to play, it …
Playlist
Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 4: 21e ordre in E minor
Debussy: Suite bergamasque
Ravel: Miroirs
Origins
In a celebration of his heritage, pianist Jean-Paul Gasparian’s new solo album is dedicated entirely to Armenian music. The program features works by Komitas, Aram Khachaturian, and Arno Babajanian, as well as two pieces composed by his father Gérard Gasparian inspired by the renowned Armenian poet Sayat-Nova. A third selection by Babajanian is also based on a song by Sayat-Nova, …
Prokofiev Piano Concertos
Goodyear’s new recording features some of the greatest works in the repertory: the Op. 16 and Op. 26 Piano Concertos, as well as the Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat. According to his note in the CD booklet, the recording of this album, with its roots in the struggles of the 2020 pandemic, is inherently personal to Goodyear, as …
Playlist
All works composed by Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat, Op. 83
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26
