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The twilight zone: Nocturnes, from piano to perfume and Russia to Richter

The 19th-century composer John Field was the first to name his gentle and delicate piano pieces ‘nocturnes’. The word – and the genre of ‘sleep music’ it presaged – is ubiquitous today

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Alim Beisembayev review – intimacy and conviction in programme of Romanticism

Moving from Schubert through Chopin to Liszt, the young pianist brought deep interpretative insights

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Elisabeth Leonskaja review – piano legend’s unerring sense of architecture reveals connections and kinships

In her recital programme of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Chopin, Webern and Schubert, the Austrian pianist brought new insights and expected delights

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Tamás Vásáry obituary

Conductor and pianist highly regarded for his elegant interpretations of Chopin and Liszt

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Eric Lu: Schubert Impromptus album review – mature and mesmerising

In this recording of the eight Impromptus, some of Schubert’s most profound music, Lu cements his place as a serious talent

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Radu Lupu: The Unreleased Recordings album review – treasures from the vaults are a wonderful surprise

This six-disc collection to mark the late pianist’s 80th birthday is full of treats and includes rare ventures into Chopin and Copland, along with Lupu’s legendary rendition of Bartók at Leeds in 1969

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Pavel Kolesnikov review – he is a virtuosic sculptor in sound

A beautifully controlled programme of Chopin, Rameau, and the latter’s long-forgotten contemporary Duphly, showcased the pianist’s unerring sense of line

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The Kanneh-Masons: River of Music album review – a fond familial affair

Welsh folk songs and an original composition sit alongside Liszt, Chopin, Handel and Elgar in a misty-eyed first half, before a more monochrome performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet

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Tchaikovsky: The Seasons album review – exemplary playing but Yunchan Lim’s take is strangely sombre

(Decca)The young Korean gives these 12 miniatures more gravitas than most pianists

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"I could have done a poor imitation of Brian May, but I just figured it would be better to get the real thing": Bumblefoot on wrangling famous guitarists, his new album, and the celebrity hot sauce community

One-time GN’R guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal has a finger in more than one pie – and sauce to put on it

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Leif Ove Andsnes review – an insightful champion returns Tveitt to the Wigmore stage

Geirr Tviett’s Ether Sonata – one of the Norwegian composer’s few surviving works – is a rich and characterful piece, part of a recital that also included Grieg and Chopin

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Jesse Eisenberg wanted Chopin to give A Real Pain a 'sophisticated' feel

Jesse Eisenerg used Chopin to stop 'A Real Pain' from feeling "juvenile" and to give it a "sophisticated" tone instead.

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From exquisite Elgar to razor-sharp Cage: our classical recordings of the year

A piano prodigy burst onto the scene, studio opera recordings were few and far between – and the year’s most rewarding discs were the ones that ventured beyond the mainstream

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From the salon and the scarf dance … to silence: the music of Cécile Chaminade

Her work was played at Queen Victoria’s funeral, and her compositions celebrated all over the world – but today she is barely known. Stephen Hough on why he is putting Chaminade in his current season

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Chopin: Voyage album review – clarity and sincerity but Avdeeva keeps us at arm’s length

Vladimir Horowitz’s personal piano helps the Russian bring authority to this collection of Chopin’s late works

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Wild beauties: high jewellery dripping with drama

The latest high jewellery collections are fantastic and flamboyant, drawing on a wealth of influences, from a Chopin composition and César Ritz to crocodiles and colour refraction

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72 Preludes: Chopin, Scriabin, Yashiro album review – Fujita’s no-frills approach brings care and clarity

Fujita’s attention to detail serves the Scriabin miniatures well, although the Chopin needs more character

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Benefit concert to raise money for Ukrainian students to be held in Scottish city

A BENEFIT concert has been organised to raise money for Ukrainian music students living in exile ...

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Jan Lisiecki review – titanic moments in one man’s fight to free the prelude

The bold Canadian pianist devoted his entire recital to introductions – a move he mostly pulled off, even if his fierceness was sometimes misplaced

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Is this 20-year-old the greatest pianist of our times? Yunchan Lim, the Korean about to electrify the Proms

His dazzling playing brought a conductor to tears and sent him viral – and he’s still being looked after by his mum. As he prepares to make his Proms debut, we meet the ‘unbelievable talent’

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“A hint of the yodelling weirdness of Hocus Pocus might have pepped up the project… but they reckon it would be needy to try too hard, so don’t”: Focus’ Focus 12

55 years in, there’s a dependable charm to the way Thijs Van Leer keeps his quartet’s ambitions moderate

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Yuja Wang review – from delicate finesse to fierce intensity

The virtuoso pianist balanced edgy 20th-century works with the pastoral calm of Chopin, bringing out the subtleties of each piece with superb control

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Yunchan Lim: Chopin: Études Op 10 & Op 25 album review – prodigiously gifted young pianist confirms he’s something special

The South Korean musician’s first recording for Decca features thrilling and original performances

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The Piano season 2: final air date, interviews and everything we know

The Piano season 2 sees Claudia Winkleman, Lang Lang and Mika return to seek out more budding maestros.

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Fauré: Complete Piano Music album review – fresh and revealing insights into a quiet radical

Marking the centenary of the composer’s death, Debargue’s comprehensive survey of his piano music contains discoveries even for confirmed Fauré fans

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