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STENHAMMAR Piano Music (Paolo Scafarella)

In several respected and authoritative reference books I have on piano repertoire, (Karl) Wilhelm (Eugen) Stenhammar (1871-1927) simply does not...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21

KATÈLBEY 'A Dream Picture' (Rosemary Tuck)

Before anyone gets too sniffy about Albert W Ketèlbey (1875-1959), it is worth bearing in mind that by the late...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21

KAPUSTIN Piano Music (Yeol Eum Son)

Yeol Eum Son (b1986) is a South Korean pianist who first came to public attention when she won the Silver...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21

IVES Piano Sonata No 1 GANDER Peter Parker (Joonas Ahonen)

Having made among the finest recent recordings of Ives’s Second (Concord) Sonata (BIS, 11/17), Joonas Ahonen now turns to its...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW21

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 (Tessa Uys, Ben Schoeman)

I thought I was not going to enjoy this. Beethoven’s Eroica arranged for piano duet – one of the most...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Samuele Telari )

A considerable degree of patience is required to get through Samuele Telari’s rendition of the Goldbergs. In our October 2020...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: AW21

JS BACH English Suites Nos 1-3 (Vladimir Ashkenazy)

Although Vladimir Ashkenazy gave up public piano performances in 2007 due to arthrosis, he still could achieve memorable, world-class results...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW21

AHO 'Solo'

Various composers have attempted writing series of works for solo instruments, most famously, perhaps, Berio in his 14 Sequenzas (1958-2002)....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW21

Elena Urioste, Tom Poster: The Jukebox Album

When the first lockdown hit, husband-and-wife team Elena Urioste and Tom Poster started broadcasting daily from a borrowed home in...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW21

Janine Jansen: 12 Stradivari

While it’s true that not every great violin is a Stradivarius, and not every Stradivarius is truly great, it is...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: AW21

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