Alpha continues to explore its catalogue and this year again offers a wide variety of combinations. After a box assembling the gems of the Baroque era (Masters of the Baroque - Alpha 372), the piano is now given pride of place. The box set Masters of the Piano brings together 10 albums in which great contemporary interpreters (Nelson Goerner, Alexander Lonquich, François-Frédéric Guy, Eric Le Sage, Edna Stern, Anna Vinnitskaya) retrace three centuries of creation on the piano, from Bach to Shostakovich, by way of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Debussy. The piano will also be at the heart of a 7-release box set devoted to Alexei Lubimov's recordings. Fortepiano, piano, prepared piano... The Russian musician has distinguished himself in every repertoire. Finally, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, the Beethoven Rediscovered box highlights 16 albums that offer a chance to rediscover his symphonies, concertos and sonatas on period instruments, the fortepiano, etc. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9Anima EternaJos van Immerseel Liszt: Beethoven Symphonies 1-9Yury Martynov (piano) Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano)Cristofori Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'Alexei Lubimov (piano) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'Alexei Lubimov (piano) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'Alexei Lubimov (piano) Beethoven: Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80Olga Pashchenko (piano) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1Olga Pashchenko (piano) Beethoven: Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77Olga Pashchenko (piano) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2Olga Pashchenko (piano) Beethoven: Eroica Variations, Op. 35Olga Pashchenko (piano)
