Philippe Jaroussky: Sacred Cantatas - J.S. Bach - Telemann

When the pianist Francesco Piemontesi hears an unreleased recording of the pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, it comes as a shock to him. This freedom of playing, these colors and nuances, this virtuosity, which is always presented with a smile, overwhelms him. He decides to explore what he believes he is hearing here: the alchemy of the piano.

Italian soloist Beatrice Rana performs Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor at Baden-Baden’s Festival Hall with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Canadian maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin.