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Review of DEAN Rooms of Elsinore

DEAN Rooms of Elsinore

em>Hamlet tends to get under the skin, but it’s a sign of how seriously Brett Dean took his 2010 Glyndebourne...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 10/2024

Review of Brahms Songbook Vol 2

Brahms Songbook Vol 2

For the second release in his projected survey of Brahms’s complete songs on Linn, Malcolm Martineau is joined by mezzo...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 10/2024

Review of AHO; RAUTAVAARA Joy and Asymmetry

AHO; RAUTAVAARA Joy and Asymmetry

Teacher and pupil Einojuhani Rautavaara and Kalevi Aho sit well together, not least as each tempered stringent formal principles with...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 10/2024

Review of Maria Narodytska: War Poems

Maria Narodytska: War Poems

The grim cloak of war informs all of the music on this disc to varying degrees, as discussed in vivid...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2024

Review of Jean-Paul Gasparian: Origins

Jean-Paul Gasparian: Origins

Though born in Paris, Jean-Paul Gasparian identifies as ethnically Armenian. He will be 29 this year and has already amassed...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2024

Review of Anna Fedorova: Intrigues of the Darkness

Anna Fedorova: Intrigues of the Darkness

Do Anna Fedorova’s colourfully succinct descriptions of the works featured on this musical journey from darkness to light spill over...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2024

Review of Alessio Bax: Forgotten Dances

Alessio Bax: Forgotten Dances

Notwithstanding the inclusion of Liszt’s first Valse oubliée, why call this smartly programmed collection ‘Forgotten Dances’ when the performances are...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2024

Review of Paul Guinery: Finger Prints

Paul Guinery: Finger Prints

This corncucopia of light piano pieces from Paul Guinery will come as no surprise to many of us who followed...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2024

Review of TORROBA La Voz de la Guitarra (Franz Halasz)

TORROBA La Voz de la Guitarra (Franz Halasz)

Of all the composers whom the great Andrés Segovia invited to infuse the classical guitar repertoire with fresh blood in...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2024

Review of Waves: Music by Satie (Bruce Liu)

Waves: Music by Satie (Bruce Liu)

Bruce Liu’s new album of music by Satie raises important questions about the relationship between performer and instrument. Does the...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 10/2024

 

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