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Julius Berger: Soldanella

Well, what a find – or set of finds, I should say. This fascinating programme, recorded in a warm church...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 08/2023

Isata Kanneh-Mason: Childhood Tales

I wish more artists would mix solo and orchestral repertoire like this. It makes for a delightful programme that will...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2023

Can Çakmur: Schubert + Schoenberg

From a critical point of view, barring the opportunity to hear an artist publicly, often after the appearance of a...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2023

Nikita Lukinov: Kaleidoscope

Nikita Lukinov, a young Russian pianist who teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, has chosen an all-Russian programme for...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2023

MESSIAEN Vingt Regards Sur l'Enfant-Jesus (Kristoffer Hyldig)

Vingt Regards will be 80 next year, and it remains one of the most daunting edifices of solo piano music....

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2023

MEDTNER Piano Sonatas (Dina Parakhina)

I first became aware of the Russian-born UK-based pianist Dina Parakhina through chamber music collaborations with her violinist husband Yuri...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2023

LIGETI Complete Études (Han Chen)

Han Chen first appeared on my reviewer radar when he won the China International Piano Competition back in 2013, not...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2023

CHOPIN Ballades & Scherzi (Marianna Shirinyan)

This album is my introduction to the Armenian-Danish pianist Marianna Shirinyan (b1978), though an album pairing Kuhlau and Beethoven album...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2023

JS BACH Partita BWV827. French Suites Bwv 813, 814 & 816 (Christian Zacharias)

For someone who 10 years ago in an interview for The Independent claimed that Bach was ‘too boring’, a new...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 08/2023

JS BACH Notebooks for Anna Magdalena (Mahan Esfahani)

Mahan Esfahani continues his survey of Bach, digging now into the Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach and their fascinating miscellany...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 08/2023

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