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CHOPIN Preludes. Polonaise-Fantaisie. Fantaisie-Impromptu (Aimi Kobayashi)

The Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi, now 26, released her debut recording over a decade ago. She was a finalist in...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2021

CHOPIN Complete Nocturnes (Stephen Hough)

In answer to the reasonable question, ‘Who, at this late date, could have something fresh and original to say in...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2021

BRAHMS Piano Sonata No 3. Fantasien Op 116 (Adam Laloum)

Adam Laloum takes seriously the maestoso directive in the first movement of Brahms’s F minor Sonata, bringing a granitic yet...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2021

BRAHMS Piano Sonata No 3. Ballades (Alexandre Kantorow)

Throughout this Brahms recital, Alexandre Kantorow throws down an epic gauntlet, casting his sights on dynamic and dramatic extremes. The...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2021

JS BACH Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (Fabio Biondi)

Two interesting aspects of Fabio Biondi’s deeply personal set of the Bach solo violin works beg close attention: their considerable...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2021

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (David Fray)

What is it about the Goldberg Variations that encourages such extremes, such individual interpretations? You could argue it’s the plainness...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2021

MeMento Mori (Klingzeug Barockensemble)

Rare has become the ensemble that releases its first album a decade after formation. But much is gained by Klingzeug’s...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2021

Face(s) à Face(s)

The Romain Leleu Sextet is a class act. Let’s start with the elegant virtuosity of the French trumpeter himself, for...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2021

SEARLE 'Pilgrim of Curiosity'

The Scottish composer Oliver Iredale Searle (b1977) has a clearly defined line in evocative, often exotic titles, which give his...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2021

SCHUBERT Octet in F Major (Wigmore Soloists)

Schubert may have taken Beethoven’s Septet as the model for his Octet but he filled the template with his own...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2021

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