Echoes of Genius: From the Dawn of Electrical Recording to Hidden Violin Treasures
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
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Francesco Piemontesi (Italian-Swiss, b1983) was awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship in 2009 and named by the BBC as one of its...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW/2011
RACHMANINOV Piano Sonatas Nos 1 & 2
A strong case can be made for either of Rachmaninov’s two versions of the Second Piano Sonata. In the right...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: AW/2011
DEBUSSY Piano Music Vol 5
If you’re familiar with the first four volumes of Noriko Ogawa’s Debussy cycle, Vol 5 will not surprise you. In...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW/2011
CLEMENTI Capriccios & Variations
This enticing seventh (and final) volume of Clementi’s works for solo piano is a notable achievement on several levels. The...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW/2011
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 3 & 21
Alice Sara Ott, the 23-year-old German-Japanese pianist, seems to be a musician in a hurry; since signing to DG in...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW/2011
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No 31 HAYDN Piano Sonata No 62 MOZART Piano Sonata No 14
It now seems many years since 11-year-old Sarah Briggs delighted her television audience not only with tales of her beloved...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW/2011
BEETHOVEN Complete Bagatelles
In this, the 10th volume of Ronald Brautigam’s complete solo Beethoven, he reaches the Bagatelles. In addition to the well-known...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW/2011
JS BACH Solo Cello Suites, BWV1007-12
Bach’s Cello Suites are much favoured by viola da gambists, double-bassists, bassoonists, lutenists and guitar players as well as viola...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: AW/2011
JS BACH Organ Works Vol 6
This sumptuously illustrated sixth instalment of Margaret Phillips’s complete Bach continues with clean, poised playing, devoid of artifice. The watchword...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: AW/2011
Along Uncharted Routes
“Improvisation over standards from the Renaissance” is this CD’s explanatory subtitle. The standards are certainly there, from Lassus’s Susanne un...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW/2011
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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