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BONIS Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 1 (Mengyiyi Chen)
This release is billed as Vol 1 of the complete music for solo piano of Mélanie Hélène Bonis, known as...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2024
BEETHOVEN Symphonies 1 & 6 (Tessa Uys, Ben Schoeman)
In many ways, Xaver Scharwenka’s piano duet transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies stand out from numerous others by such 19th-century ‘in...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2024
BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations (Shai Wosner)
Serious forethought and scrutinised detail inform Shai Wosner’s interpretation of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, sometimes getting in the music’s way, notwithstanding...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2024
A Beethoven Odyssey Vol 8 (James Brawn)
James Brawn’s traversal of Beethoven’s piano sonatas has reached its eighth instalment, with a selection of sonatas composed between 1800...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2024
JS BACH Der Kunst der Fuge (Christophe Rousset)
It’s a strange fact that, although it is generally accepted that Bach intended The Art of Fugue for harpsichord, recordings...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2024
Bruce Liu: Waves
After his utterly exceptional disc of Chopin, recorded live during the course of the 2021 International Chopin Competition (12/21), Canadian...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2024
Philarmonica: Purcell, Matteis, Mrs Philarmonica
The young French early music group Le Consort has form when it comes to uniting Baroque’s biggest names with near-forgotten,...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2024
Painted Light: Music for String Quartet
Perceptions of colour connect each of the works on the Solem Quartet’s new album. The musical styles range from Impressionism...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2024
Fathers & Daughters
Its title may conjure Turgenevian imagery but ‘Fathers and Daughters’ celebrates the close familial and professional ties between these four...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2024
REGER; SENFTER Clarinet Quintets
Having completed their traversal of Mozart’s string quartets, then recently issued an insightful coupling of piano quintets by Franck and...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2024
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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