Beethoven Five Piano Concertos (Alexander Lonquich)

Resonance (Benjamin Hochman)

Hochman is an engaged and engaging musician, and I look forward to hearing more from him

Bach & Chick Corea (Luiza Borac)

Borac’s performance of the Goldbergs is a wonder of contrapuntal clarity, rhythmic acuity and belief

Inmost Heart: Works by Bach, Brahms, Busoni and Reger (Samson Tsoy)

Samson Tsoy's debut solo album explores Brahms’s deep Baroque connections with an intelligent programme

Cécile Chaminade and Her Contemporaries Play Chaminade (various)

This comprehensive collection of historic recordings offers a captivating insight into Cécile Chaminade’s piano music, showcasing both her own inimitable playing and the artistry of her early...

Dies irae (Dmitry Masleev)

Masleev plays it as though his life depended on his desperate attempts to escape the Angel of Death

Davidson Scottish Suite: Five Original Pieces for Piano (sheet music review)

'By the banks of the Tweed’ and ‘West Linton Gig’ flow fleetingly and respectfully with tartan overtones aplenty

Spring 2025: Live concert reviews

From Stephen Hough at the Barbican to Yunchan Lim in Lucerne – we review live concerts from across the world

Spring 2025: A quarterly album round-up

Nigel Simeone listens to a varied range of repertoire on a selection of recent releases

Venezuelan Treasures for Piano, Vols 1, 2 & 3 (sheet music review)

Federico Ruiz’s piano music blends Venezuelan dance rhythms, jazz harmonies, and evocative nostalgia, creating a captivating and richly textured sound world

Tarenghi Works for two pianos (Artur Pizarro, Rinaldo Zhok)

Pizarro and Zhok revive the forgotten charm of Mario Tarenghi’s piano works, delivering captivating performances of his variation sets and character pieces with seamless fluency and mutual...

Schubert – Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, 4 Impromptus, D. 935 & Rondo, D. 951 (Aimi Kobayashi)

On the evidence of this handsome release, Aimi Kobayashi has what it takes to imagine paradise and illumine the journey

Phantasmagoria (Lise de la Salle)

That she has mastered its unique physical and emotional demands is not in doubt. Listening to the work unfold on her finely recorded Steinway, she proves a supremely confident guide

Field Complete Nocturnes (Alice Sara Ott)

Alice Sara Ott brings to these pieces an expressive touch, subtle rubato, graceful left-hand fluidity and sparkling right-hand filigree

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op 110 – Brahms Piano Sonata No 3 (Kate Liu)

Kate Liu’s sincere artistry and masterly pianism are never in doubt