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Anna Fedorova: Shaping Chopin

Chopin indicates his Op 18 as a Grande valse brillante, yet Anna Fedorova’s fussy detailing and unsettled basic pulse make...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2021

BOLCOM; CHOPIN 'Vers Le Silence' (Ran Dank)

A long list of international competition victories and performances grace the 39-year-old Israeli-born, American-based pianist Ran Dank’s résumé, not to...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2021

JS BACH Complete English Suites (Sophie Yates)

Sophie Yates is an artist who wears her immense erudition lightly. Listening to her, one encounters the composer’s voice, clothed...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2021

JS BACH The Art of Fugue (Filippo Gorini. Daniil Trifonov)

When we say Bach was a family man, what do we mean? Albums such as the ‘Alt-Bachisches Archiv’ from Cantus...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2021

Christoph Croisé: The Solo Album

Christoph Croisé gives an exceptionally free account of Kodály’s monumental Solo Sonata, applying rubato copiously throughout. It’s a somewhat risky...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2021

Cordelia Williams: Nightlight

It is sometimes said, only half-jokingly, that Schubert didn’t write for the piano, but against it. Even among the most...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2021

Calum Huggan: American Music for Marimba

Percussionist Calum Huggan’s debut solo album, alongside displaying his technical chops and sensitivity, shows how open the marimba is for...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 11/2021

Cyril Smith: Complete Solo Recordings

As APR’s note says, we tend to remember Cyril Smith (1909 74) as the pianist who overcame a stroke in...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2021

YSAŸE Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op 27 (Jack Liebeck)

Yet another vividly colour-coded set of the Ysaÿe Solo Sonatas, music that seems to have sidled up alongside Bartók’s late...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2021

LUTYENS Piano Works, Vol 1 (Martin Jones)

Elisabeth Lutyens (1906 83) is not noted for her piano music but wrote for the instrument throughout her career, and...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2021

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