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MACONCHY; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Songs, Vol 1 (James Geer)

A stimulating release, this, particularly valuable for its focus on the neglected song output of one of Vaughan Williams’s most...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2022

LIGETI; KODÁLY Lux Aeterna

The works presented here by Kodály are folk inspired, and culminate in a superb rendition of Mátra Pictures. Kodály’s work...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 05/2022

FRANCK Complete Songs and Duets

Bru Zane’s first contribution to this year’s Franck bicentenary is this fine survey of his songs, a form with which,...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2022

Magdalena Hoffman: Nightscapes for Harp

When my daughter was four or five and having trouble falling asleep, I slipped a lovely Telarc CD by harpist...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2022

Ruth Slenczynska: My Life In Music

Last year I was lucky enough to review the wonderful DG Eloquence set of Ruth Slenczynska’s ‘Complete American Decca Recordings’...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2022

Daniel Barenboim: Encores

Far be it from me to be a party pooper, but my first reaction on seeing the running order of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2022

Rebecca Omordia: African Pianism

For her fascinating new Somm release, ‘African Pianism’, Nigerian-Romanian pianist Rebecca Omordia has chosen music from three Nigerian composers, Ayo...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2022

WEINBERG Sonatas For Violin Solo (Gidon Kremer)

The unaccompanied sonatas for strings (four each for viola and cello, three for violin and one for double bass) might...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2022

TABAKOVA; VLADIGEROV 'Slavic Roots' (Marina Staneva)

The young Bulgarian pianist Marina Staneva’s solo CD debut offers two major-length works by Pancho Vladigerov, whose ingenuous Romantic keyboard...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2022

RAVEL The complete music for solo piano, Vol 1 (Oleg Marshev)

The old adage ‘let sleeping dogs lie’ applies to Maurice Ravel’s La parade, an over-extended music-hall pastiche that never should...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2022

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