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JS BACH Harpsichord Concertos Part II (Francesco Corti)

This is the second volume of Bach harpsichord concertos from Francesco Corti and Il Pomo d’Oro, completing the set of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2021

ADAMS My father knew Charles Ives. Harmonielehre

With Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass now well into their eighties, John Adams, at 74, remains perhaps the...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 04/2021

French Duets (Steven Osborne; Paul Lewis)

Back in December 2010 Jeremy Nicholas waxed lyrical about a recording of Schubert duets, which brought together Paul Lewis and...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2021

Contemporary Colours: New Music by Maltese Composers

Charles Camilleri (1931-2009) aside, Maltese classical composers are not widely known. This new album from Navona gathers pieces by six...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2021

American Composers at Play

Judged on artistic terms alone, Stephen Powell’s interpretations make for a deeply satisfying solo debut recital album. His achievement is...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 03/2021

MASLANKA Music for Wind Ensemble

For a composer whose music has been as widely recorded as David Maslanka’s (1943-2017), it may be a surprise that...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2021

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos 1, 2, 3 & 5 (Andrew Wan)

Violinist Andrew Wan and pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin began their Analekta recording of the complete Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2021

Hera Hyesang Park: I am Hera

My only live experience of Juilliard-trained Korean soprano Hera Hyesang Park was at the final of the 2014 Operalia competition...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2021

Nathalie Stutzmann: Contralto

In an age that set a premium on sheer vocal brilliance, female contraltos were routinely overshadowed by preening castratos and...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2021

WEINBERGER Frühlingsstürme (de Souza)

‘All that will be left of life will be the memory of spring storms’, muses the widow Lydia Pawlowska in...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2021

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