For the Pianist magazine, Rodolphe Menguy "proves to be a wonderfully armed instrumentalist, of course, but above all, a real temperament", according to Diapason "he beautifully captures the singular atmospheres" and has "a whole orchestra at his fingertips" for the Classica magazine.

British pianist Danny Driver is releasing a new recording of J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 on the Onyx Classics label, with a release date of September 26, 2025.

Guitari Baro - meaning "Guitar Conversations"- is a groundbreaking instrumental trio showcasing extraordinary virtuosity. The ensemble features three renowned griot musicians from Guinea and Mali: guitarists Gaoussou Kouyate and Kerfala Diabate, joined by master balafonist Lassana Diabate.

Feeling all jammed up? Need to cool it down? Wanna stop the world so you can get off? Bitchin Bajas got you – come on and join them on a total trip to their latest, Inland See.

Reginald Smith Brindle pursued a distinguished academic career with numerous scholarly publications, but as a composer it was the impact of Italy and his studies with Pizzetti and Dallapiccola that coloured much of his music.

Journey into the forgotten world of 19th-century piano performance with Goran Filipec's groundbreaking interpretation of Chopin's Preludes, Ballades, and Scherzos. While Chopin's delicate style seemed out of place in an era dominated by virtuosic performers like Liszt and Rubinstein, period pianists found ways to adapt his works to the 'grand style' of their time. Discover how these historical performance practices breathe new life into beloved classics, revealing a more extroverted and powerful side of Chopin's genius that modern audiences rarely experience.

Anna Clyne, described as a ‘composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods’ by The New York Times, is one of the most in-demand composers today, working with orchestras, choreographers, filmmakers and visual artists around the world.

For the latests in the Smalls Live series, highly regarded NYC pianist David Kikoski reunites his stellar trio–featuring the legendary Billy Hart on drums and the great Joe Martin on bass–with longtime friend and collaborator Randy Brecker as special guest, for a raw, live-in-the-room session. This new album on Cellar Music captures an intimate conversation between four friends–drawing from shared history, mutual trust, and a commitment to the moment.

“Bartók, for me, is truly one of the most important composers, on a par with Beethoven and Mozart.” In our interview about the piano works on this album, Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon constantly expressed deep admiration, a keen understanding of this music, and a strong affinity with the composer’s personality. For this musician, bringing Bartók closer to the audience as a person and an artist is a labour of love. ”I grew up with his music. It feels like a mother tongue to me. And I’m interested in everything he wrote, from the earliest works to the late ones. It’s so important to see the traditions he came from and to understand how he found his voice as a composer.”

Sophia Jaffé has been known for many years to the classical music world as a brilliant violinist and a sincere, skillful musician, delighting audiences and press at home and abroad with her musicality.

The Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 of Jean Sibelius, originally composed in 1904 and revised in 1905, is the only concerto by Sibelius. It is symphonic in scope and included an extended cadenza for the soloist that takes on the role of the development section in the first movement.

On the threshold of an important century of life, Paolo Fresu wanted to offer this wonderful artist the opportunity to finally tell his story in a solo work (the first of his long life at 94 years of age), also giving a philosophical contribution to the accordion, a particular and often neglected instrument in the panorama of African-American music and towards which, as towards bellows instruments in general (see the works of Daniele Di Bonaventura and Pierpaolo Vacca published in recent years), the label shows a firm and important desire to valorize it.

Kate Bush releases Best of The Other Sides on Fish People. The release is due to demand from those unable to access the original release of The Other Sides, which was part of the 2018 remastered box sets featuring B sides and extra tracks that had never appeared on an album. ‘The Other Sides’ is no longer available. 3 of the tracks on Best of The Other Sides have been remastered. The release comes at a time when Kate’s song ‘Army Dreamers’ is skyrocketing online, looking set to become her second most streamed track after ‘Running Up That Hill’. Perhaps the popularity of ‘Army Dreamers’ right now is a reflection of the current conflicts around the world, a theme Kate has recently returned to with her award-winning anti -war short film ‘Little Shrew’ - winner of Best Animation at the New York Animation Festival.

Chinese pipa virtuoso Gao Hong and Indian multi-instrumentalist Baluji Shrivastav OBE unite their rich musical traditions in a cross-cultural collaboration that shines with emotional depth. Alongside Yousef Ali Khan on tabla, Baluji's expressive Indian raags provide a spacious foundation for Gao's intuitive improvisations–at times echoing his motifs, at others soaring freely.

Sophia Jaffé has been known for many years to the classical music world as a brilliant violinist and a sincere, skillful musician, delighting audiences and press at home and abroad with her musicality.