May 2nd, 2006: Brian Hanke Plays Novak, Sibelius and Bruckner is now available for download on the music subscription service Rhapsody! Subscribers can check out the CD here.
April 4th, 2006: The classical music discussion site Soundings has published a discussion between Brian and editor Robert Kenchington about the future of classical music on DVD. Check out the complete text here!
March 28th, 2006: The acclaimed CD Brian Hanke Plays Novak, Sibelius and Bruckner is now available worldwide on iTunes! The disc is currently being carried in iTunes stores in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and Japan.Each track sells for the usual $0.99, and the whole album can be downloaded for $9.99. iTunes users can click here to go directly to the album page!
If you don't have iTunes installed, it's available for free on PC and Mac here.
February 7th, 2006: Brian's CD Brian Hanke Plays Novak, Sibelius and Bruckner is now available in two new stores. Michigan residents should check out the Bridge Street Book Shop in Charlevoix, and if you're in Louisiana drop by Windows a bookshop in Monroe!
January 21st, 2006: Brian's latest orchestral arrangement, the First Movement from Shostakovich's Symphony #7 "Leningrad", is now available in the Store. While this isn't a work one might think would be effective on piano, this transcription proves otherwise! At 55 pages and nearly 35 minutes of music it's a substantial undertaking to perform, but is very rewarding and surprisingly pianistic. Check out more details in the Store here.
January 7th, 2006: Brian's new CD Brian Hanke Plays Novak, Sibelius and Bruckner is now available at Tempest Book Shop in Waitsfield, VT. If you live in the area, drop in and pick up a copy!
December 19th, 2005: As a follow-up to his very successful transcription of the Adagio from Bruckner's Symphony #7, Brian has recently put the finishing touches on a new arrangement. It's another famous slow movement, this time the Adagietto from Mahler's Symphony #5! This movement is one of the most well-known and beautiful works in the symphonic repertoire, and it makes for a lovely and effective piano piece as well.
The score is now available from the BrianHanke.com Store in both printed and downloadable formats.
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