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DEBUSSY Piano Music (Esther Birringer)

Esther Birringer’s instincts for colour and nuance work well in Debussy’s music. Her approach to rhythm sometimes proves problematic. In...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022

PAPAÏOANNOU 24 Préludes pour piano (Cyprien Katsaris)

This is the first in what promises to be a series of Greek piano music from Cyprien Katsaris, and very...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2022

CHOPIN Mazurkas, Vol 1 (Peter Jablonski)

Peter Jablonski is no stranger to Chopin’s Mazurkas, having recorded the Opp 6, 24, 50 and 68 groups for a...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas, Op 10 (Daniel Tong)

Pianist Daniel Tong first came to my attention in 2013 through his sensitive and cultured coupling of Schubert’s A major...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022

The Playhouse Sessions

Norwegian violinist Bjarte Eike’s Alehouse Sessions have become something of a classical shibboleth – an after-hours musical secret that has...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2022

TELEMANN Recorder Sonatas (Dan Laurin)

‘Long before I could try them out with a continuo player I was fascinated by the variety of ideas in...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2022

SCHUBERT String Quintet. Quartettsatz (Brodsky Quartet)

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Brodsky Quartet. Two original members remain from their early days as the...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2022

RUDERS Chamber Works

Poul Ruders may be less regarded for his chamber than for his orchestral and operatic output, and this release offers...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2022

RAZAZ The Strange Highway

Chilean poetry, Middle Eastern mythology, a new-age novel and Salvador Dalí are among the myriad of extramusical elements that have...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2022

RAVEL Works For Violin (Elsa Grether; David Lively)

Here we have a pair of albums that take very different approaches to Ravel’s slender output for violin. On Aparté,...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2022

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