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MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 25 (Jeremy Denk)

The first thing you notice at the outset of the C major Concerto (K503) – in fact at the opening...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW21

Zal: The Music of Milosz Magin

Although remembered primarily for his Chopin recordings, Miosz Magin (1929‑99) focused increasingly on composition after settling in Paris in 1960....

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW21

KAPUSTIN Piano Concerto No 4. Concerto for Violin & Piano. Chamber Symphony (Frank Dupree)

Nikolai Kapustin died in July last year at the age of 83 (his wife died on the day of his...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21

GRIEG; RACHMANINOV 'Tedd Joselson's Companionship of Concertos'

Tedd Joselson has kept a relatively low public profile since his 1970s association with RCA Victor, focusing mainly on teaching....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW21

BRUCKNER Symphony No 3 (original 1873 version. Dausgaard)

Glancing at the running time of 56 minutes, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Thomas Dausgaard has chosen to perform...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: AW21

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No 1 CHERUBINI Éliza (Alexander Melnikov)

Hard on the heels of Schiff’s pioneering recording of Brahms’s two concertos on period instruments comes another intrepid venture, this...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW21

BENDA Piano Concertos (Howard Shelley)

Georg Anton (né Jiří Antonín) Benda (1722‑95) is perhaps best known today for Mozart’s approval of his melodramas – musical...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW21

Michael Spyres: Baritenor

I challenge you to listen to Figaro’s ‘Largo al factotum’ on this new album from Erato ‘blind’. You would hear...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW21

Raffi Besalyan: The Sound of Black and White

Pairing works by Khachaturian and Gershwin symbolises pianist Raffi Besalyan’s journey from growing up in Armenia to becoming a United...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2021

LAITMAN Are Women People?

Lori Laitman (b1955) is one of America’s most prolific art-song composers, with an impressive catalogue of recordings from several labels,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2021

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