Jones Brad - Live in Zurich - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The thirteen 'minor pentatonically' tuned strings of the long-necked Japanese floor harp sit like a mantra beneath my hands, Vetter writes. His koto playing is, however, more varied than a constantly repeated mantra, and more innovative in technique, which allows an underlying calm to vibrate through the many-layered structures.

The Études by Frédéric Chopin are three sets of études (solo studies) for the piano published during the 1830s. There are twenty-seven compositions overall, comprising two separate collections of twelve, numbered Op. 10 and Op. 25, and a set of three without opus number. They are some of the most performed works in the piano repertory, and hardly need any introduction. These sublime works are beautifully performed by Polish pianist Diana Jaworska. Born in Poland in 1968, Diana Jaworska now lives in lives in Southern France, where she teaches the piano, performs concerts, makes recordings, and composes her own works.

By transferring the epic ballad onto piano, Frédéric Chopin invented a new genre - and turned the virtuoso pianist into a narrator. - BALLADES brings together the most prominent works of this genre on a single recording the four large-scale ballades by Frédéric Chopin and Johannes Brahms, alongside the ballade by Gabriel Fauré. - The multi-prizewinning Swiss pianist and conductor Jean-François Antonioli is known for his obsession with detail, building large-scale narratives from the most minute of nuances, thereby presenting even the most familiar work in a new light.