April 2021 – The Piano Files

Dohnányi – The Pianist

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / No Comments / April 25, 2021

In 2010, I was invited to give a presentation by Alan Walker at the Great Romantics Festival that he was organizing in Hamilton, Ontario, an invitation for which I am eternally grateful. It was my

Alfred Cortot plays Stravinsky

by Mark Ainley / Uncategorized / No Comments / April 19, 2021

There was quite a bit of excitement when a Youtube upload was made of a 1927 test pressing of Alfred Cortot playing the Danse Russe from Stravinsky’s Petrouchka Suite. Those who didn’t read the details

Celebrating Simon Barere

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / No Comments / April 2, 2021

Many pianists lived fascinating lives whose biographical details are forever fused to their legacy. Sadly, for several artists it is sometimes the circumstances around their deaths for which they are most immediately remembered. One such

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Dohnányi – The Pianist

Alfred Cortot plays Stravinsky

Celebrating Simon Barere