Honens

Pavel Kolesnikov (piano): Live at Honens 2012 - Music of Beethoven

2 CD / Honens / 2013-03-26

Ten pianists, aged 20 to 30, were invited to Calgary, Canada in Oct '12 to take part in the 7th Honens International Piano Competition Semifinals....continue...

Hong Xu plays Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 282, 310, 332, 576; Adagio K.540 / Hong Xu, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

2006 Honens Laureate Hong Xu's performance of Mozart sparkles with vitality. This collection includes the B minor Adagio and four piano sonatas from pivotal periods...continue...

Impressions - Works by Debussy, Schmitt, Griffes, Szymanowski, Scriabin / Winston Choi, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 2; Florent Schmitt: Pièce pour le tombeau de Debussy, for piano, Op. 70/1 ("Et Pan, ou fond des blès lunaires, s'accouda; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Ro...
Performers: Choi, Winston

Canadian pianist and 2003 Honens Laureate Winston Choi leads a musical journey through the Impressionist era with performances of Debussy, Griffes, Schmitt, Scriabin and Szymanowski....continue...
Recording information: The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta (11/2005)....continue...

Medtner: Fairy Tales, Op. 34; Prokofiev: Sonata Op. 29; Mussorgsky: Pictures / Georgy Tchaidze, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Nikolay Medtner: Fairy Tales (Skazki) (4) for piano, Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 4 in C minor, Op. 29; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Performers: Tchaidze, Georgy

Georgy Tchaidze's sophomore recording features repertory from his Wigmore and Carnegie Hall debuts. The Telegraph called this 2009 Honens Prize Laureate "a pianist of fine...continue...
Recording information: The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta (05/2012)....continue...

Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 29 "Hammerklavier"; Rachmaninov: "Corelli" Variations, Op. 42 / Katherine Chi, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Sergey Rachmaninov: Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Performers: Chi, Katherine

The debut recording by Canadian Katherine Chi - the first woman and first Canadian to win Canada's Honens International Piano Competition (2000). This recording features...continue...
Recording information: Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada (04/2003)....continue...

Liszt: Transcriptions for Piano of music by Bach and Beethoven / Minsoo Sohn, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Franz Liszt: Preludes and Fugues (6) of JS Bach for Piano, S 462; Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140; Adelaide (III), song transcription for piano (after Beethoven Op. 46), S. 466iii (LW...
Performers: Sohn, Minsoo

Minsoo Sohn's Honens Label debut featuring both familiar and less-so transcriptions by Liszt, was met with critical praise. "Sohn tosses off the fearsome technical challenges...continue...
Recording information: The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta (03/2008)....continue...

JS Bach: Goldberg Variations / Minsoo Sohn, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Performers: Sohn, Minsoo

Minsoo Sohn's Goldberg Variations was named one of the top 25 records of 2011 by The New York Times. A "beautifully articulated, radiant interpretation" wrote...continue...
Recording information: The Banff Centre, Alberta (04/2010)....continue...

Gilles Vonsattel plays Debussy, Holliger, Honegger & Ravel / Gilles Vonsattel, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Maurice Ravel: Sonatine for Piano; Gaspard de la nuit; Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Heinz Holliger: Elis; Arthur Honegger: Hommage à Ravel, for piano (Trois ...
Performers: Vonsattel, Gilles

Time Out New York included Gilles Vonsattel's Honens Label debut on its list of top recordings for 2011. This recording by the 2009 Honens Laureate...continue...
Recording information: Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Can (10/2010)....continue...

Schubert: Sonata D.664; 3 Klavierstucke, D. 946; Fantasy in C "Wanderer" / Georgy Tchaidze, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A major, D 664/Op. 120; Pieces (3) for Piano, D 946; Fantasy for Piano in C major, D 760/Op. 15 "Wanderer"; Allegretto for Piano in C minor, D 915
Performers: Tchaidze, Georgy

An all-Schubert program is a seemingly unusual debut recording for a young Russian pianist, but there is a profoundly poetic side to the young Georgy...continue...
Recording information: The Banff Centre, Alberta (10/2010)....continue...

Evgeny Starodubtsev plays Hindemith, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Szymanowski / Evgeny Starodubtsev, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Masques (3) for piano, Op. 34, M35; Paul Hindemith: Suite "1922", for piano, Op. 26; Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 23; Igor Stravinsky: Sonata for piano
Performers: Starodubtsev, Evgeny

Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times called Evgeny Starodubtsev "an accomplished and probing artist" after hearing this recording. This Honens Label debut by the...continue...
Recording information: Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Can (11/2010)....continue...