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GLASS Études for Solo Piano, Book 1 (Vicky Chow)

Philip Glass’s first book of 10 Études may on the surface present little more than a stroll in the park...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2023

COELHO Flores de musica pera o instrumento de tecla, & harpa, Volume 1

Relatively few organists have explored the byways of early Iberian organ music, despite there being a goodly number of surviving...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 01/2023

Mari Kodama: New Paths

‘New Paths’ refers of course to the title of Robert Schumann’s essay in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in which...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2023

Orion Weiss: Arc II - Ravel; Brahms; Shostakovich

As with ‘Arc I’ (6/22), ‘Arc II’ showcases Orion Weiss’s imaginative programme-building and intelligent artistry. He’s obviously pondered over each...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2023

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Fazil Say; Tianqi Du)

Warner/Erato continues to feed the market with Bach Goldberg Variations piano releases, from recent versions by Dong-Hyek Lim (11/08), Alexandre...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2023

Beau Soir: Debussy; Satie; Ravel; Poulenc

The latest release in an ongoing collaboration between Delphian and Young Concert Artists Trust, ‘Beau soir’ highlights the talents of...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2023

SCHUMANN The Three Violin Sonatas (Andrew Wan)

Recordings of all three of Schumann’s violin sonatas come round less often than you might imagine, so it’s pleasing to...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2023

SCHUBERT String Quartets Nos 10 & 15 (Jubilee Quartet)

For the Jubilee’s leader Tereza Privratska, Schubert’s last quartet is ‘filled with the emotions of a dying man expressing so...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2023

LOCKE The Little Consort

An intriguing recording: on first playing, I found this album difficult to get into, an experience that felt as if...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2023

KANER Chamber Music

Matthew Kaner (b1986) studied music at King’s College London before moving on to postgraduate studies with Julian Anderson at the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2023

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