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BRAHMS Violin Concerto (Oscar Shumsky)

‘The most astounding genius I have ever heard’, declared Leopold Stokowski after hearing the seven-year-old Oscar Shumsky, who made his...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2022

BARBER; BRUCH; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Works for Violin (Sonoko Miriam Welde)

It may be more usual for a young artist to dip their first toes in the recording waters with a...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2022

Christian Svarfvar: Infinite Bach

Purists will doubtless scoff at the idea of another album of recomposed Baroque music but there is some justification when...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2022

Lise Davidsen: Grieg

This album is something of an A&R executive’s dream: two Norwegian superstars – and exclusive artists for rival labels –...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2022

Stewart Goodyear: Phoenix

The concept for Canadian-Trinidadian pianist Stewart Goodyear’s latest album is something of a puzzle. Its title, ‘Phoenix’, derives, so the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2021

Jonah Kim: Approaching Autumn

Jonah Kim has taken Approaching Autumn, the title of Mark Abel’s new work for cello and piano, as the title...

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

KIM; ISANG Complete works for solo violin (Chi Young Song)

This is not the first time that Earl Kim (1920 98) and Isang Yun (1917 95) have appeared together on...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2021

RUO A Dust in Time

It begins with cello and viola answering one another in slow, sombre gestures. Two violins join the conversation, which builds...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 12/2021

JS BACH Inventions, Sinfonias, Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue (Paulina Zamora)

Paulina Zamora certainly has Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias under her fingers, and she plays clearly and cleanly at all times....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2021

ROSNER The Chronicle of Nine: The Tragedy of Queen Jane

Arnold Rosner (1945-2013) was admirably prolific for a composer whose music was mostly neglected during his lifetime. His output includes...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 12/2021

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