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SORABJI Sequentia Cyclica

‘Because it’s there’ was George Mallory’s response as to why he was climbing Everest, yet it might equally apply to...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2020

BEETHOVEN Complete piano sonatas (Konstantin Lifschitz)

Konstantin Lifschitz is the latest pianist to offer a Beethoven cycle to tie in with the composer’s 250th-anniversary year. These...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2020

Andrey Gugnin: Homage to Godowsky

Prepare yourself for a deliciously scintillating potpourri of choice delicacies, full of character and charm, the sort that has virtually...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2020

Aline Van Barentzen: Her earliest recordings

Belying her name, Aline van Barentzen (1897-1981), whom some sources say was a grand-niece of Carl Maria von Weber, was...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

SCARLATTI Sonatas, Vol 2 (Federico Colli)

For his second volume of what is evidently shaping towards a complete survey of all 555 Scarlatti sonatas, the 2012...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 04/2020

MOZKOWSKI Piano Works (Etsuko Hirose)

Paderewski famously said of Moszkowski that ‘after Chopin, [he] best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

Amir Katz: Hommage A Liszt

In only a few of the 25 separate titles here does the Israeli pianist Amir Katz (b1973) fall short of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

The Complete Organ Works of Sir William Harris (Daniel Cook)

William Henry Harris (1883-1973) is best remembered today for his Anglican church music and, even then, for really just one...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2020

CHOPIN Preludes SCHUMANN Ghost Variations (Eric Lu)

‘In the end, it boils down to – would you want to hear this pianist again?’ So said Paul Lewis,...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 05/2020

CHOPIN Ballads & Impromptus (Charles Richard-Hamelin)

The four Ballades are frequently programmed together on record, the four Impromptus less so and, though it is not my...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

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