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LISZT Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Saskia Giorgini)

Although Liszt thought highly of his Harmonies poétiques et religieuses and often performed them for friends long after he retreated...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2022

CHOPIN Piano Sonatas (Alexander Kobrin)

Alexander Kobrin, born (in 1980) and trained in Russia, now based in America, was the winner of the 2005 Van...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2022

BRAHMS Piano Sonata No 3. Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Jonathan Fournel)

Jonathan Fournel takes the Maestoso directive in the opening movement of Brahms’s F minor Sonata seriously and the note values...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2022

JS BACH Organ Works (Elena Privalova)

The star of the show here is the mighty Walcker organ of Riga Cathedral. It makes a fabulous noise; especially...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 01/2022

JS BACH The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol 5 (Benjamin Alard)

Benjamin Alard’s majestic progress through the keyboard music of Bach has reached Vol 5, subtitled ‘Toccata’ and encompassing works from...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2022

Christian-Pierre La Marca: Wonderful World

Rather aptly, Gramophone’s 2021 Concept Album Award-winner Christian-Pierre La Marca has not only gone conceptual again for his second album...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2022

Sol & Pat

William Blake’s aphorism ‘no bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings’ can be interpreted to mirror...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2022

The Myth of Venice: 16th-Century Music for Cornetto & Keyboards

The standout moment on this album is the Ricercar del VI tuono by Annibale Padovano. Silas Wollston’s performance feels far...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2022

Ferio Saxophone Quartet: Evoke

The saxophone quartet may not be an unexplored medium these days, but few outfits are as enterprising as Ferio, now...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2022

Bach Before Bach

There are two lines of thought going on in this enjoyable collaboration between violinist Chouchane Siranossian, harpsichordist Leonardo García Alarcón...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2022

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