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Piano Miniatures from China / Edward Han Jiang

World premiere recording – The ten pieces in this collection have been selected as being most representative of Chinese culture, combining compositions from the 1960s and 70s with contemporary piano works and arrangements of ancient folk songs. Appearing here in his Grand Piano debut is young pianist and composer Edward Han Jiang. (Grand Piano)

1CD# GP929 $16.99

Schubert: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 [2 CDs]

This new double-album by pianist Lars Vogt, violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff includes some of Franz Schubert’s greatest works of chamber music, including his Piano Trios and the Arpeggione Sonata in breath-taking interpretations. (Ondine)

2CD# ODE 1394-2D $24.99

Dukas: Complete Piano Music

A new recording of all the major works for piano by a foundational figure in French music of the early 20th century. Vincenzo Maltempo follows in the footsteps of virtuosos such as Michel Ponti and MarcAndré Hamelin, and shows himself equipped for the task, having already accumulated a critically acclaimed catalogue of hyper-virtuoso repertoire on Piano Classics. (Piano Classics)

1CD# PCL10171 $18.99

Early Piano Works of Ernst Krenek

Ernst Krenek’s ambitious works were complemented by smaller marches and waltzes for piano. In his early and mid-teens, a clear development toward vocal settings of German poetry is evident, be it as art songs or choral works. Occasional instrumental works, such as variation works for piano trio, a sonata for cello and piano, or a stage work, are early testimony of the diversity in Krenek’s future oeuvre. (Centaur)

1CD# CRC3968 $15.99

Haydn: The Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 2

Described by Gramophone as ‘an album of joyous, imaginative musicmaking that whets the appetite for future installments’, the first volume of the Trio Gaspard’s Haydn cycle was enthusiastically received by buyers and critics alike. As with that first volume, the Trio have designed a programme that works in its own right, and features trios from all periods of Haydn’s career. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 20270 $20.99