The Best Piano Music

After numerous clues on social media, Cesare Cremonini finally reveals what he has been working on for some time: his first great music collection that brings together a twenty-year-old production. "Cremonini 2C2C - The Best Of" will be released on November 29th and will be a collector's box containing: 6 unreleased tracks, 32 successful remastered singles, a complete disc of 16 interpretations in piano and voice, 15 instrumental tracks made from 1999 to present , 18 rarities including original demo tracks, home recordings and alternate takes never published, thanks to which for the first time it will be possible to reveal the magic of the birth of songs and capture their creative process.

The debut album of our Malevich Ensemble includes works by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) and Sergej Taneyev (1856-1915). The two piano quartets are about 50 years apart in terms of the composition's time. Thus our concept is not so much about presenting the audience with two contrasting works, as more about demonstrating the evolution of the romantic piano quartet as a genre.

Hyperion’s virtually single-handed rehabilitation of the music of York Bowen (known in his time as ‘The English Rachmaninov’), continues apace with this recording of the third and fourth piano concertos. Piano Concerto No 3 is a vigorous one-movement work with three well-defined sections of varying tempos in Fantasia style. Bowen’s sparkling performances of it drew plaudits from contemporary critics, who hailed it as his best composition thus far.

This superb collection features the top 100 piano tracks. From Grieg to Gershwin, Bach to Beethoven or Mozart to Mussorgsky, there’s something for all to enjoy here. BEST PIANO 100 caters for every mood, and includes performances by some of the world’s best pianists.

Born in 1860, Isaac Albéniz is best known for piano music that brilliantly evokes the spirit of Spain. As a composer-virtuoso, Albéniz successfully melded together composition and performance to create a bravura style reminiscent of the music of Liszt, seasoned with Spanish folk idioms. The work that most convincingly represents this synthesis of virtuosity and tradition is the enchantingly colorful and atmospheric Iberia, a suite of 12 pieces recalling Spanish (particularly Andalusian) places and dances. Albéniz used folklore as his inspiration, but created a singular melodic style, which eventually influenced Debussy and Ravel. Believing that artistic originality and an interest in one's national musical tradition do not exclude each other, Albéniz likewise was largely the creator of the Spanish musical idiom that would be adopted and developed by Granados and de Falla - All Music Guide

Martha Argerich is an Argentine classical concert pianist. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists of all time. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argerich gave her debut concert at the age of eight before receiving further piano training in Europe. At an early age, she won several competitions, including the VII International Chopin Piano Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni Competition and has since recorded numerous albums and performed with leading orchestras worldwide.