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DONIZETTI Maria Stuarda

This is one of the Met’s ‘Live in HD’ performances relayed to cinemas last year. It comes complete with the...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2014

BIRTWISTLE Gawain

Birtwistle has always been fascinated by drama and the theatre, which began to manifest itself in compositions for the concert...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 08/2014

PROKOFIEV Violin Sonatas. Five Melodies

Writing in 1954, David Oistrakh, who was close to Prokofiev during the gestation of both the violin sonatas, made an...

Reviewed in issue 08/2014

Piano Reflections

Classic FM has been grooming the young pianist Ji Liu for his debut solo CD, leaving nothing to chance. The...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014

SCHUMANN Fantasy Op 17 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 10 & 30

Like its predecessors, the sixth release in Andreas Haefliger’s ‘Perspectives’ series of mixed recitals includes Beethoven sonatas, leading one to...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014

A Matthay Miscellany

Having already paid tribute to the many celebrated students of Tobias Matthay, APR continues with a two-disc set reminding you...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2014

Cameron Carpenter: If You Could Read my Mind

Bespangled organ shoes, tight jeans, a (clean) vest, a retro Mohican and a touch of mascara. How different to the...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2014

Espana

Listening to this, the Italian-born guitarist Edoardo Catemario’s tribute to the repertoire that caused him to fall in love with...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2014

Roman Mints: Dance of Shadows

Roman Mints declares in the booklet-note that ‘we have reached a point where new recordings of mainstream repertoire are basically...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 08/2014

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

It is now an embarrassing number of years since ‘the Leeds’ produced a winner of the calibre of Federico Colli....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2014

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