This is FRESH AIR. Can a piece of music be too big for its own good? That's a question our classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz has been asking himself. He doesn't particularly like grandiosity for ...

The two concertos were the first works of significance composed by Chopin after graduation. Both clearly refer to the form and convention of concertos created in the brillant style, the style of piano ...

There are huge number of recordings of the Beethoven concertos, so one of the things that distinguishes them is their choice of couplings. Artur Pizarro has picked a selection of solo piano pieces – ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Night by Ola Gjeilo and Chopin: Piano ...

What’s a little less Lang Lang and a little less Haydn in the over-the-top final weeks of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s exceedingly generous centennial season? Gustavo Dudamel had planned a ...

Mitsuko Uchida's recordings of the solo piano music have established her as a Mozartian of exceptional sensibility, and it is good that she is now giving us a series of the concertos. Her concerts in ...

It had to happen. Following his superb set of Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues two years ago, Alexander Melnikov has turned to the composer's piano concertos. The Russian pianist's own liner notes ...

Although highly praised at the time of their initial release on RCA Victor, John Browning’s late 1960s recordings of the five Prokofiev piano concertos didn’t last long in the LP catalog. This ...

If you have come to expect sublime lyricism and melody from Tchaikovsky, his violin concerto will certainly not disappoint. One of the most popular pieces of music ever written, this concerto is ...

Mozart never got to see a movie, but if he lived today, he'd be crazy about them. He's the main event in the Swedish film Elvira Madigan, because his Piano Concerto No. 21 has made the film famous — ...