ONCE UPON A TIME


Rubicon Classics

Release: 28 May 2021

 

Presto classical ǀ Apple Music



Press

 

With this recording, a dream has come true, and I could not have imagined a more beautiful program for my debut album. The music manages to open up a very unique world of experience with unimagined emotional territories. I look forward to taking my listeners on this stirring musical journey and inviting them to dream and feel strongly - says Esther Birringer.

 

 

'Strongly recommended'
'Happily, Birringer is the most balletic interpretor I have encountered. Superb musicianship is on display here.
This release is an unexpected delight that far exceeded my expectations. From start to finish Birringer has created one of the best piano discs of the year and easily the most entertaining.'

Fanfare magazine, November/December 2021 issue

 

 

'Birringer has both the imagination to think in orchestral terms and the sensitivity to convey these sound spaces to the listener with her interpretation.'
Piano News, September/October 2021 issue

 

 

'She enchants ceaselessly with the piano versions of three famous ballet pieces. [...] The pianist performs all this atmospherically gripping. It' s fantastic what she gets out of the keys. [...] All three piano versions are immense challenges in technical and interpretational terms. Birringer handles them with great tonal imagination and mature technique.' 
Concerti, 08/05/2021


Video Trailer


Video Clips