In honor of the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birthday, which officially falls on Saturday, the Library of Congress is hosting a Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project. Canadian pianist Louis Lortie ...

For his latest Avie release, British pianist Charles Owen has chosen the nine pieces comprising Liszt’s 1855 Swiss Année, delivering a performance imaginatively rich, drenched with colour and ...

Années de pèlerinage année 2: Italie Francesco Piemontesi, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer Like the first instalment of Francesco Piemontesi’s Pèlerinage project (8/18), his follow-up adds visuals to the ...

The first thing you have to know about Franz Liszt is that he wrote a lot of junk. The second thing you have to know is that not everything he wrote was junk. And finally, that it’s not always a ...

Certainly Brendel plays these pieces beautifully He never overstates which is lovely Best of all they remind me that they for my money are the best of the Liszt keyboard compositions It is good to see ...

Lang Lang’s latest CD, one of many releases celebrating the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth on Oct. 22, 1811, is titled “Liszt, My Piano Hero.” Of course Liszt would be a hero of the ...

In 2011, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor became the youngest such artist ever to sign with Decca Classics, one of the most prominent labels in classical music. He has now released his sixth album ...

In this 13-part series, pianist, teacher and author David Dubal explores the way the giants of the 19th century wrote for the solo piano. Each one-hour program will focus on a single composer, from ...

In this 13-part series, pianist, teacher and author David Dubal explores the way the giants of the 19th century wrote for the solo piano. Each one-hour program will focus on a single composer, from ...