New Piano Albums

Filippo Gorini:2026-06-05

Sonata for 7 Cities – Live in Cape Town

Filippo Gorini's project Sonata for 7 Cities started in Vienna and traversed all other continents to end in his hometown Milan. Staying for an entire month in each city, he played recitals and interacted with local people, bringing free concerts to schools, universities, hospitals, retirement homes, prisons, homeless shelters, and disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
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Tyler Hay:2026-06-02

Field – Piano Sonatas

Field’s 4 Piano Sonatas offer a fascinating glimpse into the early 19th-century transition from Classical to Romantic keyboard writing. Composed while Field was a pupil of Muzio Clementi in London, the first three sonatas reflect Clementi’s influence, while the later B major sonata displays greater maturity and subtlety.
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Behzod Abduraimov:2026-05-30

Inferno

The title of Behzod Abduraimov's new album may appear slightly misleading – the only item here that gives a taste of hell is Liszt's Dante Sonata. The rest is a well-balanced and interesting programme, showcasing the pianist's transcending range of colour and phenomenal dexterity.
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Jan Lisiecki:2026-05-26

Mozart – Piano Concertos 9 & 22

In 2012, Jan Lisiecki recorded Mozart's Piano Concertos 20 and 21 for his debut album with Deutsche Grammophon. Fourteen years and ten recordings later, he returns to Mozart and two other concertos, both in E-flat major. His most recent orchestral recording was without a conductor, but this time he has Maestro Manfred Honeck at his side, leading the Bamberger Symphoniker.
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Schaghajegh Nosrati:2026-05-23

Alkan – Grande Sonate, Symphonie pour piano seul

This is Schagajegh Nosrati's second all-Alkan album. "For 20 years, I have been studying the music of Charles-Valentin Alkan, and I continue to feel a strong connection to this composer. Fortunately, Alkan is gradually enjoying greater popularity than he did two decades ago, at least among performers and lovers of Romantic piano music."
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Arcadi Volodos:2026-05-20

Schubert – Sonata 17, D. 850
Schumann – Kinderszenen, Op. 15

In a live recording from the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Arcadi Volodos brings together two very different romantic classics. "For me, these are two distinct worlds. Schubert is all about continuity and the unbroken flow of a musical idea...Whereas Schumann is made up of contrasts, of sudden breaks and moments of blinding intensity."
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Nelson Goerner:2026-05-17

Handel, Schumann, Schulz-Evler

Nelson Goerner presents an eclectic album with Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze as the centerpiece, bookended by two virtuoso works of very different character: Handel's Chaconne with 21 variations, and Schultz-Evler's spectacular transcription of Johan Strauss' By the Beautiful Blue Danube.
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Vsevolod Zavidov:2026-05-13

Rachmaninoff – Études-tableaux, Corelli Variations etc.

The programme on this album is the same as the one Vsevolod Zavidov prepared for a concert in La Roque-d’Anthéron in 2023, an event that proved to be the beginning of a new journey for the then 17-year-old Russian. "Since then, I have never returned home. And so, perhaps, for me it became more than just a programme. It has become a symbol – the light that pours even into the darkest of times."
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Kun-Woo Paik:2026-05-09

Schubert – Sonatas 13, 14, 18 & 20

Kun-Woo Paik marks his 80th birthday and the 70th anniversary of his debut with an album reflecting his life as a pianist. Schubert's Sonata No. 13 was one of the earliest piano sonatas he learned. "Sonata No. 20, on the other hand, was a piece I left aside for a long time… I wanted to look at these works again and come closer to their truth.”
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Violetta Khachikyan:2026-05-05

Wings of Renaissance

This album is partly dedicated to rarely performed works from the Renaissance, early Baroque, and Classical periods. The decision to play music written for harpsichord or clavichord on a modern concert grand connects with Ravel’s vision in Tombeau de Couperin, exploring the formal language of the Baroque, while at the same time writing music of the composer's own present.
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Dasol Kim:2026-05-02

Schumann – Waldszenen, Carnaval, Geistervariationen

"Schumann’s music has always felt like a reflection of something deeply human... When I first heard it as a child, I felt it reaching straight toward my heart, and that impression has never left me. His music does not disguise itself behind form or logic; it breathes, it trembles, it loves without restraint. Perhaps that is why I have always found it so natural to play, because it asks only for honesty."
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Aline Piboule:2026-04-29

Archipel – Claude Debussy, John Ireland

In 2016, Aline Piboule gave the first performance of Debussy's La Mer as transcribed by Yann Olivo. Since then, she has researched works attuned to the spirit of La Mer, with a view to building the programme for an album: "one in which I wanted to express my affection for this masterpiece, as well as my general fascination for the whole world of the sea."
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Nikola Avramovic:2026-04-27

Origins

Nikola Avramovic grew up in a house filled with traditional folk music. Formal education steered him towards a more classical path, but while he was living in China, nostalgia made him return to the melodies of his childhood. The album provides a musical journey through the landscapes of Central and Eastern Europe, blending piano virtuosity with the soul of folk tradition.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason:2026-04-24

Prokofiev

Isata Kanneh-Mason first heard Prokofiev's Concerto No 3 at the age of 18. She instantly fell in love with the work and dreamed about playing it herself. Years later, it has become a key part of her concert life – "I feel very free when I perform it." The album places the Concerto at the centre of a wider programme exploring Prokofiev's piano music.
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Fazil Say:2026-04-21

Piano Sonatas – Berg, Schubert

Fazil Say discovered Alban Berg's Sonata Op 1 at the age of 15 through his composition teacher. Berg became "one of the main figures who opened the door for me to contemporary music." Schubert's Sonata D. 960 had not been on Say's repertoire until recently, but after studying it during the pandemic, he began to feel and understand the piece deeply.
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Maria Perrotta:2026-04-18

Bach – Die Kunst der Fuge

Maria Perrotta came to the limelight in 2012 with her live performance of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, later released on CD by Decca Records. The Art of Fugue, Bach's last great work, has been brought to life on various keyboard instruments and arranged for countless different ensembles: here it is played on the Stephen Paulello Opus 102 grand piano.
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Pascal Rogé:2026-04-15

Fauré – 13 Barcarolles, Dolly Suite

Pascal Rogé celebrates his 75th birthday with a new album, presenting Fauré’s complete Barcarolles, alongside works for four hands, played with Rogé’s wife, Elena Font. The legendary pianist is especially known for his interpretations of French repertoire, and Fauré has been a key composer throughout Rogé's career.
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Martin James Bartlett:2026-04-11

Bach, Mozart, Britten – Concertos

"Young Apollo forms a natural counterpart to Mozart’s Jeunehomme. Both are works of youth, written by composers in their early 20s, each standing on the threshold of artistic maturity." Martin James Bartlett opens the album with Bach's D minor Concerto – one of the earliest concertos for a keyboard instrument, which inspired Britten centuries later.
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Jan Cmejla:2026-04-07

Live at Bachfest Leipzig

In March 2025, Jan Cmejla won first prize, the audience prize, and several special prizes at the Bach Competition in Leipzig, which was dedicated exclusively to piano for the first time in its 75-year history. In 2026, he was named "SWR Kultur New Talent," which means he will receive support from the German broadcasting corporation for three years.
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Ilia Ovcharenko:2026-04-03

Manu Sinistra

This left-hand concerto album is supported by the Honens Competition, of which Ilia Ovcharenko was a Prize Laureate in 2022. The concertos were all created for the renowned pianist Paul Wittgenstein after he lost his arm during World War I. "Today, with war and tragedy sadly continuing to shadow our world, this music feels more relevant than ever."
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Weiyin Chen:2026-03-30

La Belle Époque

This album celebrates an epoch when music, dance and art inspired one another in abundance. Weiyin Chen performs music by composers from "La Belle Époque" (1871–1914) and works from the Ballet Russe, the legendary ballet company based in Paris that was instrumental in bringing together artists across disciplines, such as Coco Chanel, Pablo Picasso, and Stravinsky.
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Vyacheslav Gryaznov:2026-03-28

Rhapsody in Black

Vyacheslav Gryaznov plays Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and his own new work Rhapsody in Black, inspired by themes from Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Gryaznov first wrote the piece for two pianos and later orchestrated it for an ensemble including an onstage big band, an extensive drum set part, and an acoustic jazz bass.
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Claire-Marie Le Guay:2026-03-25

Bach – Écouter la lumière

Claire-Marie Le Guay's first album (2015) featured a selection of Bach’s monumental works for keyboard (First Partita, Italian Concerto, Capriccio BWV 992). This time, she is exploring the most intimate aspects of her own relationship to Bach’s music. "Over time, this music seems to me even closer to us, more vital than ever in uncertain times, more beneficial to us as we build or rebuild ourselves."
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Kenji Miura:2026-03-22

Heimat – Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms

Of the four countries Kenji Miura has lived in, Germany has become the place where he has spent most of his life – a realisation that first came as a shock, as he never felt as though he belonged there. A question arose: What is Home? "In finding my way into German music… I also found my way deeper into the place I now call Heimat."
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