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Stanislav Khristenko: Fantasies

Stanislav Khristenko’s first-place victory in the 2013 Cleveland International Piano Competition generated well-deserved online chatter, much of it directed to...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2014

CHOPIN Piano Works

Entitled ‘Dedication’, Roger Peltzman’s Chopin recital is made in memory of his uncle, the pianist and teacher Norbert Stern who,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2014

Lisa Schatzman: Reminiscences

The composer’s names are familiar but the titles – and the medium in which they’re written – are mostly unknown....

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2014

PONCE Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Having a sweet tooth and a fondness for heady bravura concertos, I’ve had a soft spot for Manuel Ponce’s Piano...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2014

HANDEL Terpsichore. Ariodante - Ballet Music

Handel’s only ballet prologue Terpsicore was added to a revival of Il pastor fido in November 1734. It presents Apollo...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2014

SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concertos. Mythes

When it comes to recording Szymanowski’s violin concertos, given a first-rate soloist, orchestra and conductor, a decent hall, a sympathetic...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2014

CALDARA La concordia de' pianeti

On November 19, 1723, Emperor Charles VI and his empress Elisabeth stayed at Znojmo Castle in southern Moravia where Caldara’s...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2014

LINJAMA The Birth of the Baptist

Jyrki Linjama (b1962), a pupil of Heininen, Rautavaara and Durkó, has become increasingly drawn to church and sacred music lately....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2014

TODD Lux et veritas

If Will Todd wants to be ‘the new John Rutter’, as he has already extensively been touted, then this new...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2014

BRITTEN Simple Symphony. String Quartet in F

This release follows on from two earlier Britten discs by the Emperor Quartet on BIS (A/10, 12/13), which together comprise...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 11/2014

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