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GNATTALI Alma brasiliera

The music of the hugely prolific Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger Radamés Gnattali (1906 88) is so fluent and attractive...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2015

ERKOREKA Chamber Music

The generally vague booklet-notes accompanying this disc contain a revealing quote. Erkoreka’s teacher Michael Finnissy told his student that art...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2015

BONIS; FAURÉ Piano Quartets

Here’s an enterprising programme from Quatuor Giardini. The marketplace is quite crowded where Fauré’s First Piano Quartet is concerned. While...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2015

ZEMLINSKY; BLOCH; KORNGOLD Piano Trios

Strange engineering dogs these performances. Flanking the piano in the middle are the strings, each at an extreme end; and...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 03/2015

ANTOINE Quartet. Violin Sonata

Known by Vincent d’Indy as ‘the soldier musician’ because so much of his music was written during the First World...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2015

Alexandre Tharaud: Le Temps Dérobé

This engrossing film illustrates what a richly fulfilling life that of the international concert pianist can be – and also...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2015

The Malcolm Smith Memorial Album

Malcolm Smith (1932-2011) was head of the Promotion and Hire Library at Boosey & Hawkes for many years and knew...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 03/2015

Karim Said: Echoes from an Empire

In ‘Echoes from an Empire’ (good title), the Jordanian-born London-trained pianist Karim Said (b1988) presents six engagingly diverse examples of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2015

Kotaro Fukuma: Dumka

After a brilliant and refined recording success in Albéniz’s Iberia, Kotaro Fukuma moves to a more wintry clime. In his...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 03/2015

Nadia Reisenberg: 110th Anniversary Tribute

Originally on Ivory Classics, this glorious two-CD album is now lavishly reissued to mark Nadia Reisenberg’s 110th anniversary. A voice...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 03/2015

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