Solo piano
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Locations - John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes / Herbert Henck: Festeburger Fantasien
Herbert Henck plays John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano and his own improvised Festeburger Fantasien (two series), recorded at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt, in August 1993 and August 2000.
Mozart / Reger / Busoni: Music for Two Pianos
András Schiff and Peter Serkin, two pianos, in Mozart's Fugue K. 426 and Sonata K. 448, Reger's Beethoven Variations Op. 86 and Busoni's Fantasia contrappuntistica. Recorded November 1997 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York. Two CDs…
Munich 2016
Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert at the Munich Philharmonie on 16 July 2016, the last night of a European tour: a twelve-part improvised suite and three standards as encores. Released on ECM in 2019.
La Fenice
Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert at the Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice, on 19 July 2006: an improvised eight-part suite, The Sun Whose Rays from The Mikado and three encores. Released on ECM in 2018.
Pelagos
Solo double album by Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia on piano and prepared piano, recorded in concert and in a closed session at the Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile, in May 2016, and arranged by producer Manfred Eicher.
The Carnegie Hall Concert
Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert of 26 September 2005 at Carnegie Hall, New York: ten improvised parts and five encores, including My Song and Time On My Hands. Released by ECM as a double CD in 2006.
Staircase
Keith Jarrett's 1976 solo piano studio improvisations in four suites (Staircase, Hourglass, Sundial, Sand), recorded in May 1976 at Studio Davout, Paris, produced by Manfred Eicher. 2CD.
Solo Concerts: Bremen / Lausanne
Two complete improvised solo piano concerts by Keith Jarrett: Lausanne, 20 March 1973 (Salle de Spectacles, Epalinges) and Bremen, 12 July 1973 (Kleiner Sendesaal, Radio Bremen). Originally released on ECM in 1973; this is the 2CD edition.
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - Concert Recording
Keith Jarrett plays Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (BWV 846-869) in concert at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, New York, on 7 March 1987. Archival recording first released in 2019.
In Concert - Robert Schumann
Live recording of András Schiff's Schumann recital at the Tonhalle Zürich on 30 May 1999: Humoreske op. 20, Noveletten op. 21, Sonata in F minor op. 14 and Nachtstück op. 23 no. 4. Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Rio
Keith Jarrett's solo piano concert at the Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, recorded live on 9 April 2011: fifteen improvisations, including encores, on two CDs.
Sun Bear Concerts
Six-CD box of five complete solo piano concerts by Keith Jarrett, recorded in Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo and Sapporo in November 1976, plus a disc of encores. Produced by Manfred Eicher; first issued on ten LPs in 1978.
The Piano Concertos
Beethoven's five piano concertos in order of composition, with Alexander Lonquich as soloist and director of the Münchener Kammerorchester (concertmaster Daniel Giglberger). Recorded January 2022 at the Rathausprunksaal, Landshut. 3CD.
Liaisons - Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano
Pianist Anthony de Mare plays 37 solo piano pieces commissioned from 36 composers (Steve Reich, Wynton Marsalis, Frederic Rzewski, Fred Hersch and others), each reworking a Stephen Sondheim song. Recorded 2010-2014 in New York. 3CD.
Hosokawa / Mozart
Toshio Hosokawa's piano concerto Lotus under the moonlight (2006), a homage to Mozart, paired with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488. Momo Kodama, piano, with the Mito Chamber Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa, recorded live at Art Tower Mito in Decembe…
Elusive Affinity
Solo piano recital by Anna Gourari: Bach's Vivaldi and Marcello arrangements framing works by Schnittke, Shchedrin, Rihm, Pärt and Kancheli. Recorded January 2018 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
De la nuit
Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays Schumann's Fantasiestücke op. 12, Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit and Bartók's Im Freien. Recorded in April 2016 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Seven Songs
Solo piano music by Komitas (Seven Songs, Msho Shoror, Seven Dances, Pieces for Children, Toghik) played by Lusine Grigoryan. Recorded in February 2015 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
In Concert - Beethoven / Liszt
Till Fellner in concert: Liszt's Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse (Vienna Musikverein, June 2002) and Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32 Op. 111 (Middlebury, Vermont, October 2010).
Debussy & Hosokawa: Point and Line
Momo Kodama plays Debussy's twelve Etudes (1915) interleaved with Toshio Hosokawa's six Etudes (2011-13); recorded in January 2016 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.