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JS BACH Organ Works (Elena Privalova)

The star of the show here is the mighty Walcker organ of Riga Cathedral. It makes a fabulous noise; especially...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 01/2022

JS BACH The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol 5 (Benjamin Alard)

Benjamin Alard’s majestic progress through the keyboard music of Bach has reached Vol 5, subtitled ‘Toccata’ and encompassing works from...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2022

Christian-Pierre La Marca: Wonderful World

Rather aptly, Gramophone’s 2021 Concept Album Award-winner Christian-Pierre La Marca has not only gone conceptual again for his second album...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2022

Sol & Pat

William Blake’s aphorism ‘no bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings’ can be interpreted to mirror...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2022

The Myth of Venice: 16th-Century Music for Cornetto & Keyboards

The standout moment on this album is the Ricercar del VI tuono by Annibale Padovano. Silas Wollston’s performance feels far...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2022

Ferio Saxophone Quartet: Evoke

The saxophone quartet may not be an unexplored medium these days, but few outfits are as enterprising as Ferio, now...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2022

Bach Before Bach

There are two lines of thought going on in this enjoyable collaboration between violinist Chouchane Siranossian, harpsichordist Leonardo García Alarcón...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2022

SAINT-SAËNS Chamber Music with Winds

The players of the Orchestre de Paris mark the centenary of Saint-Saëns’s death with a survey of his chamber works...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2022

Four Trumpet Sonatas after Mozart (Jonathan Freeman-Attwood)

Mozart’s relationship with the trumpet was famously antipathetic. He is reported to have been terrified by the instrument as a...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2022

Crossroads: American Violin Sonatas

The American violin sonata remains a slightly neglected corner of the repertoire for European artists and audiences (and ditto for...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2022

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