Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues have become Alexander Melnikov's calling card of late. Written in 1951 for Tatiana Nikolayeva, whose Bach performances Shostakovich hugely admired, they have a ...

Melnikov beautifully plays four historic pianos – including an 1820s Alois Graff – on a rewarding disc of Stravinsky, Schumann and more. Plus, the verdict on other must-listen classical albums out ...

Concerts at the Phillips Collection are far from ideal. This storied venue, which has offered regular concerts since 1941 and where Glenn Gould made his U.S. debut, has many drawbacks. There is no ...

A Vancouver Recital Society presentation. At the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27 How do you describe perfection? The words are there—brilliant, awesome, ...

The brainchild of pianist Alexander Melnikov, this features five of the 30 or so sonatas for instruments and piano that Paul Hindemith wrote over the course of his long career. The selection covers ...

Violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov, regarded as one of the finest duos, will perform together at the Concert Hall of the Arts Center on February 4. This marks the duo’s first ...

Alexander Melnikov cooks up a Debussy storm, while Vadym Kholodenko charts an inspired path through Scriabin Hats off to Harmonia Mundi: this indispensable label, a pioneer of unusual repertory and ...

(12) Songs, Movements: No. 3, Twilight (wds. Guyot trans Tkhorzhevsky) Julia Lezhneva, Soprano Alexander Melnikov, Piano (12) Songs, Movements: No. 4, They answered (wds. Hugo trans Mey) Julia ...

Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov spoke to Classic FM's Anne-Marie Minhall the day after playing a concert on Mozart's own personal piano, recently brought home to Vienna, to the exact spot where ...

The performance was given on period instruments, still more the exception than the rule for Beethoven chamber music. For the first half, the Sonatas Nos. 4 and 5, Melnikov played a fortepiano ...

The sound Alexander Melnikov coaxes out of his instrument is never “lovely” but is always maximally alive and alert. Rating: * * * * Some pianists relish their own mastery of the keyboard, flinging ...