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SCHUBERT Moments Musicaux. Piano Sonata No 20
Shai Wosner muses in his booklet essay on the notion of Schubert and time, observing that often the composer’s short...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2015
SCHUBERT Valses nobles. Valses sentimentales
Initial enthusiasm for a record largely devoted to Schubert dances is easily dampened if the performances are insufficiently vital, affectionate...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015
RACHMANINOV Moments Musicaux. Etudes-Tableaux Op 39
The 1990 winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition ranges far and wide and, having recently introduced us to the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015
HAYDN Piano Sonatas Nos 38, 39, 47 & 59
Christa Landon’s numbering 1 to 62 is followed. But her 1960s edition was superseded in 2009 when Wiener Urtext published...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 01/2015
GODOWSKY Piano Music Vol 12
The end is in sight: 12 down, three to go. Scherbakov’s Herculean task of recording all of Leopold Godowsky’s music...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015
GODARD Piano Works
Godard’s fortunes have taken a decided turn for the better in recent years, with two recordings of both his piano...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015
CHOPIN Complete Mazurkas
Janina Fialkowska continues her Chopin odyssey with a subtle and elusive challenge. The 55 Mazurkas (extended from what was once...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015
BRAHMS Works for Solo Piano Vol 3
The third volume in Barry Douglas’s Brahms cycle once again suggests carefully considered and imaginative programme-planning rather than following a...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No 16. Eroica Variations SCHUBERT Wanderer Fantasy
Described as ‘a rising star’, the 19-year-old Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan has surely already risen, and it is greatly to...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015
JS BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier
It’s interesting that many harpsichordists purport to approach Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier with scholarly authority, yet still come up with disparate...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2015
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Review - Christoph von Dohnányi in Cleveland
Jed Distler hails a desirable box-set documenting the maestro’s 18-year tenure in Ohio
Review - Eloquence’s Piano Library
Jeremy Nicholas browses through two collections of keyboard treasures
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Speakers with onboard amplification make plenty of sense if you want high performance without all...
Review - Sergei Rachmaninoff: In His Own Words (Edited by Geoffrey Norris)
‘This is an altogether absorbing volume, as valuable and enlightening as it is original and...
Review - Audiolab 9000N: ‘A major achievement on many levels’
This flagship player eschews the technology of the company’s other models for a clean sheet...
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