Mozart/ Chochieva - ChiaroscuroScriabin and Mozart: two composers rarely associated, yet the juxtaposition here seems clear when performed by Zlata Chochieva. In this first album, the Russian pianist, new to the nave label, is ingenious in both the cycles of fragmented variations and the more opulent sonatas or preludes. This project is inspired by the 150th anniversary of Scriabin's birth, but Zlata Chochieva has been a fan of the Russian composer since her childhood as he was the

but would never have the idea of drawing rigid boundaries between pop and avant-garde

(Maya Danzig) and her sister

full of feeling

With Brian Donlevy

written by the well-known Chicago music journalist Bill Dahl

dating from 1908

Jonathan Berlin

the Swede Svante Henryson and the Dutchman Ernst Reijseger - come into their own with some of their original compositions and express the proverbial burning for their instrument - just like Hudler himself - sometimes with virtuosity

This was three days after the murder of Dr

While the original Italian version underlined his position as one of the leading opera composers of the time

Schubert/ Karajeva - Piano Sonata 18 / 24 Preludes

"Christie's collaboration with the superb Xavier de Maistre is an exquisitely refined account of Krumpholtz's enchanting Fifth Harp Concerto" (BBC Music Magazine)