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HANDEL Coronation Anthems

‘A divine surprise’, Hervé Niquet calls this music, going on to imply that he hasn’t encountered Handel’s Coronation Anthems before....

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW22

Songs of William Busch

Here’s a welcome follow-up to Lyrita’s own bold coupling (2/08) of those two substantial concertos for piano and cello (premiered...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: AW22

BRAHMS Lieder (Anna Lucia Richter)

Every Brahms lieder recital is bound to be a new journey into the half-lights of the composer’s psyche. But for...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW22

La Passione: Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven (Christina Landshamer)

The furtive, conspiratorial opening of the Haydn overture promises buffo merriment. Jollity, though, is short-lived. From Haydn’s tragic Scena di...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW22

Evgeny Kissin: The Salzburg Recital

The early post-pandemic concerts enjoyed some of the best and best-behaved audiences. Apart from the collective thirst for live music,...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW22

John Robinson: Laus Deo

What better way to mark the half-century celebration of Blackburn Cathedral’s groundbreaking and iconic JW Walker instrument of 1969 than...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: AW22

Jonathan Swensen: Fantasia - Works For Solo Cello

This Champs Hill recital disc is a piece of the prize package for the Windsor Festival International String Competition, which...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW22

Lang Lang: The Disney Book

Once upon a time in a distant land many years ago, a small boy was given a piano by his...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW22

SCHUMANN Carnaval. Fantasie. Mondnacht (Emile Naoumoff)

It was once common for pianists to couple Schumann’s Carnaval and C major Fantasie on disc – Abbey Simon, Robert...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW22

SAINT-SAËNS Transcriptions (Cyprien Katsaris)

The centenary of the death of Camille Saint-Saëns passed by relatively unnoticed by broadcasters and concert promoters. As far as...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW22

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