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CD Piano 2025
CD Piano 2025
The 21st edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, dedicated to the piano, came to a close on Saturday 31 May 2025 in a packed Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, pulsing with the energy of the twelve finalists. A flagship event in the Belgian and international music scene, the Competition highlights exceptional young artists every year. The 2025 4-CD box set gathers the most striking moments from this edition.
First Prize winner Nikola Meeuwsen succeeds Jonathan Fournel, Lukáš Vondráček, Boris Giltburg, Denis Kozhukhin, and Anna Vinnitskaya. He shines here in Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2, accompanied by the Brussels Philharmonic under the baton of Kazushi Ono, as well as in Mendelssohn’s Variations sérieuses.
Other orchestral performances on the album include: Rachmaninov’s Concerto No. 3 by Valère Burnon (Third Prize, VRT Canvas-Klara audience prize and Musiq3 Prize), Brahms’ Concerto No. 2 by Wataru Hisasue (Second Prize), and Schumann’s Concerto by Arthur Hinnewinkel (Fourth Prize). The box set closes with Mozart’s Concerto No. 27 performed by Jiaxin Min, accompanied by the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie conducted by Vahan Mardirossian.
A prominent place is given to solo and contemporary repertoire: the two compulsory works, Music for the Heart by Kris Defoort – performed by Yuki Yoshimi – and Two Studies by Ana Sokolović – by Shiori Kuwahara – precede Liszt’s Réminiscences de Norma by Masaya Kamei (Fifth Prize) and Brahms’ Sonata No. 1 by Sergey Tanin (Sixth Prize), recorded at Flagey.
A vibrant testimony to this unforgettable edition, to be discovered and rediscovered with each listen.
The 4CD box set of the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition is available at the price of 45,00- €.
The box set will be shipped by post as soon as Monday 9 June 2025.
Relive the most magical moments of the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition also on your favourite download or streaming platforms!
Programme
4CD box set – Queen Elisabeth Competition – Piano 2025
CD1
1-4 Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Concerto n. 2 in G minor op. 16 – Nikola MEEUWSEN
[Andantino | Scherzo vivace | Intermezzo (allegro moderato) | Finale (allegro tempestoso)]
5-7 Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Concerto n. 3 in D minor op. 30 – Valère BURNON
[Allegro non tanto | Intermezzo | Alla breve]
CD2
1-4 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Concerto n. 2 in B flat major op. 83 – Wataru HISASUE
[Allegro non troppo | Allegro appassionato | Andante | Allegretto grazioso]
5-7 Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Concerto in A minor op. 54 – Arthur HINNEWINKEL
[Allegro affettuoso | Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso | Allegro vivace]
CD3
1-2 Kris DEFOORT (°1959) Music for the Heart – Yuki YOSHIMI
[Part One | Part Two]
3-4 Ana SOKOLOVIĆ (°1968) Two Studies for Piano – Shiori KUWAHARA
[Magla | Igra]
5-7 Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sonata n. 8 in B flat major op. 84 – Valère BURNON
[Andante dolce | Andante sognando | Vivace]
8 Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945) 3 Burlesques Sz. 47 – Wataru HISASUE
[Perpatvar | Kicsit ázottan | Capriccioso]
9 Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Réminiscences de Norma – Masaya KAMEI
CD4
1 Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Variations sérieuses op. 54 – Nikola MEEUWSEN
2-5 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Sonata n. 1 in C major op. 1 – Sergey TANIN
[Allegro | Andante | Scherzo | Finale]
6-8 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Concerto n. 27 in B flat major KV 595 – Jiaxin MIN
[Allegro | Larghetto | Allegro] (Cadenza: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Brussels Philharmonic – Kazushi Ono, conductor (CD1, CD2 & CD3: 1-2)
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie – Vahan Mardirossian, conductor (CD4: 6-8)
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