I haven’t yet formally reviewed his latest recording of the Beethoven sonatas, but have seen him play a selection live at this year’s Lucerne festival, and can already say his set is worth checking out. Next in line is another favorite artist of mine, Igor Levit. You could argue with DG why they simply didn’t include this into the main album, but in any case this 4 track album is very cheap, and a must have. I’d like to thank my reader Ed for his comment on the article flagging the extra album of the 4 encores she played at this concerto. This recital combines a fantastic selection of repertoire, a playing that is both nuanced and passionate.

It has completely changed my perception of Wang as an artist. So let’s rather go directly to the recording that is most likely going to make my Top 5 Classical albums of the year 2019, and that I sincerely hope will win this category: Yuja Wang’s fantastic Berlin recital.Īs you can see from my review, I really love this album. I know this is a very unspecific remark, and I’m not going to dwell on it, as this won’t be helpful for my readers. However, Carmignola’s version sounds completely “wrong” to me. Let me make it clear, I really like Carmignola ( his Four Seasons are among my absolute favorites), and I also love the solo sonatas and partitas. This year, interestingly enough a solo violin recording starts the selection, Giuliani Carmignola’s recent recording of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas. This is another favorite category of mine, as typically it is mainly piano recordings.

Keith jarrett summertime transcription