Review - Mischa Levitzki: ‘The Complete HMV Recordings’
‘His repertoire centres on the Romantics and in one flamboyant example after another he grabs you by the ears’
Reviews
Review - ‘Passage secret’ (Ludmila Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle)
‘The pianists manage to fuse finesse and heartiness in ways that make their performances sound fresh’
Review - Bartók: ‘Piano Music, Volume 9’ (Goran Filipec)
‘Intended as exercises to nurture piano technique in every aspect, these create a rather disjointed impression heard collectively’
Review - ‘Russian Variations’ (Piers Lane)
‘His playing throughout this album is of the highest order, his pianism unfussy, subtle and effortlessly efficient’
Review - Schubert: Four Impromptus, D935; Schumann: Piano Sonata No 1, Op 11 (Annie Fischer)
‘In Schumann, Fischer’s fierce integrity was balanced by an inimitable sense of the tender and wistful’
Review - Mozart ‘The Sonata Project: Salzburg’ (Yundi)
‘His approach is a convincing challenge to a more conventional restraint, a restless Sturm und Drang precursor of Romanticism’
Review - Ravel: ‘The Complete Works For Solo Piano, Vol 1’ (Vincent Larderet)
‘The most satisfying interpretations are of the Valses nobles et sentimentales and the Pavane, which reveal fine attention to detail, pacing and balances’
Review - Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, etc (Nelson Goerner)
‘All in all, a distinguished release, supported by first‑class engineering’
Review - Chopin: Études, Opp 10 & 25 (Yunchan Lim)
‘These works hold no difficulties for Lim, whose supple and effortless technique shines through each and every étude’
Review - ‘Debussy and Ravel for Two’ (Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung)
‘Cohesive sweep, delicacy of execution and, when required, sheer power place this among the finest readings of Debussy’s 1915 masterpiece’
Review - Liszt ‘Complete Piano Music, Vol 61, Transcriptions from Operas’ (Martin Cousin)
‘Cousin makes a fair case for the 1836 first version of the Réminiscences des Huguenots’
Review - Fauré: Complete Piano Music (Lucas Debargue)
‘While you’d never call these readings fragile, you’d never call them seasoned either’
Review - Sorabji: Opus clavicembalisticum (Daan Vandewalle)
‘The elaborate episodes benefit from Vandewalle’s astute linear awareness and flexibility in moments of transition’
Review - Schumann: Arabeske, Davidsbündlertänze, Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Sergey Tanin)
‘Tanin’s performances throughout are sensitive, honest, idiomatic and devoid of distracting eccentricities’
Review - Reger: Lieder von Johannes Brahms (Rudolf Buchbinder)
‘Buchbinder’s playing is thoughtful and intelligent, and it is certainly interesting to hear these Reger arrangements’
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