”One of the most important things I learned from Stravinsky was daring”, the terminally ill Béla Bartók confined to his physician during his last days, exiled in New York City. Regarding his staggering output, the composer’s verdict is perhaps at its most befitting when applied to his three piano concertos – game-changers of the medium... Continue Reading →
Top albums of 2022: Tamara Stefanovich and Pierre-Laurent Aimard tackle Messiaen with immense depth and ecstasy
Composed in Paris in the midst of the German Occupation in the winter of 1943, Olivier Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen for two pianos is to be counted among the most resplendent musical works that emerged out of the bleakness of the war years. Commissioned by Denise Tual for Concerts de la Pléiade and premiered by... Continue Reading →