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Camiel Boomsma: Rediscovered - Bagatellen and Klavierstücke

Gerhard Hamm (1835-1904) was born in Trier, where he received his earliest musical training at the Cathedral. He was organist...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2021

FINNISSY Gershwin Arrangements. More Gershwin (Lukas Huisman)

They may have come about through informal circumstances, but Michael Finnissy’s two sets of Gershwin arrangements are among his most...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 10/2021

CHOPIN Piano Sonatas Nos 2 & 3 (Javier Perianes)

Javier Perianes is an artist of richly lyrical gifts, which have stood him in good stead in repertoire such as...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2021

BUSONI Elegies. Toccata (Peter Donohoe)

Though Peter Donohoe surely needs no introduction to readers of these pages, it may come as a surprise that this...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2021

JS BACH Bach from Ingolstadt (Franz Hauk)

If you like your Bach bold and sturdy then the two opening tracks of this new album from the heart...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2021

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Alexandra Papastefanou)

The word ‘natural’ is such a cliché, yet it constantly comes to mind over the course of Alexandra Papastefanou’s Goldberg...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2021

JS BACH 6 Suites (Myriam Rignol)

The booklet note expends ink on the historical justifications for playing Bach’s Cello Suites on the viola da gamba, but...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2021

Linos Piano Trio: Stolen Music

As an ensemble on a mission, the Linos Piano Trio are not so much stealing the repertoire of others as...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 10/2021

Soundmaps: Extended Realities (Valeria Zorina)

As concepts for string recitals go, scordatura – the abnormal tuning of a string instrument in order to obtain special...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2021

Nature and the Imagination (Pelléas Ensemble)

It was after hearing Saint-Saëns’s Septet, whose unusual casting includes a trumpet, that Debussy had the notion of writing a...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 10/2021

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