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HAYDN Piano Sonatas, Vol 11 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet)

There’s my next Christmas present sorted, then: the box of all 11 volumes of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s complete Haydn survey, please...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 09/2022

BEETHOVEN; SAINT-SAËNS; SCHUMANN 'Symphonies Vol 2' (Tessa Uys, Ben Schoeman)

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony arranged for piano duet by Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924) is a premiere recording. When I welcomed Vol 1...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2022

JS BACH; WALTHER Concerto Transcriptions (Dónal McCann)

This debut album from Dónal McCann is one of the most satisfying organ recordings to have nourished my ears for...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 09/2022

Une Prière

The piano trio that is Ensemble Contraste has come up with several resourceful miscellanies over the years and none more...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2022

Omar Tomasoni: Intrada

A new generation of outstanding continental trumpet players is making its mark, not least in the refreshingly fluid way in...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 09/2022

Sebastian Bohren: La Folia

I understand the concept for the album. Sebastian Bohren wishes to pay homage to violinists of the late 19th and...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 09/2022

Eclogue: British Chamber Music

All but three of the dozen items for solo instruments and string orchestra that make up this diverting programme from...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2022

Corazón: the Music of Latin America

John-Henry Crawford won First Prize in the 2019 Carlos Prieto Competition, held in Morelia, Mexico – an experience that Crawford...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2022

A Cembalo Certato E Violino Solo

JS Bach’s six sonatas for violin and harpsichord are not as prolifically recorded as his Solo Sonatas and Partitas. Not...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2022

TANEYEV String Trio. Piano Quartet

There are two kinds of people: those who have never heard of Sergey Taneyev and those who can’t get enough...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 09/2022

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