Classical CDs Weekly: Britten, Scarlatti, Pink Floyd

Britten's cello music, Scarlatti played on piano and Franz Liszt meets Pink Floyd

 

Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata and Cello Suites Alban Gerhardt, Steven Osborne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Hyperion)

Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Smetana, Gidon Kremer

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Beethoven piano concertos played with affection, a sparkling comic opera and an oblique tribute to a maverick pianist

Beethoven piano concertos played with affection, a sparkling comic opera and an oblique tribute to a maverick pianist

 

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 and 3 Leif Ove Andsnes/Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Sony)

Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Stephen Hough, Joby Talbot, Schoenberg

Contemporary Brits and the marriage of two very different Viennese minds

This week we've a glittering, shimmering ballet score with an aquatic theme, and a brilliant British pianist shows off his compositional skills. Plus, in a week where we all need cheering up, 20th-century music's scariest genius shows that he had a fully developed sense of humour.