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Alexander Soares: Threnodies

Alexander Soares’s debut recital ‘Notations & Sketches’ much impressed Richard Whitehouse (5/19). This second album, ‘Threnodies’, is similarly based around...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2021

Imogen Cooper: Le Temps Perdu

In the charming booklet essay for her stunning new recording, ‘… Le temps perdu …’, Imogen Cooper explains the title’s...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2021

Marco Rogliano: Paganini and Italian Genius

Twenty-two tracks, 22 premiere recordings of solo violin music from the 19th century, no fewer than 11 of them by...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2021

Vikingur Olafsson: Mozart & Contemporaries

Just when you feel you’ve got the measure of Víkingur Ólafsson he veers off in an unexpected direction, and this...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2021

Alice Sara Ott: Echoes of Life

Alice Sara Ott began recording with DG 13 years ago, she writes in the booklet, and her new recording, ‘Echoes...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2021

Alasdair Beatson: Aus Wien

Much thought and care have gone into devising this musical love letter to Vienna from Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson. His...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 10/2021

TELEMANN 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin (Iryna Gintova)

Engineer Joël Cormier has done an excellent job on this latest release from Orchid Classics. Cormier has captured warmth and...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 10/2021

SCHUMANN Arabeske. Kreisleriana. Fantasie (Stephen Hough)

Few musicians have had the inclination, opportunity and wherewithal to record as frequently as Stephen Hough. Now 59, he has...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2021

Sonya Bach: Rachmaninov

Korean pianist Sonya Bach takes Rachmaninov more by subtlety than by storm. This pays many dividends. She makes the Second...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2021

PACHELBEL Organ Works, Vol 1 (Matthew Owens)

Poor old Johann Pachelbel. Forever associated with just one work, the (now somewhat hackneyed) Canon in D, he has tended,...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2021

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