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Seong-Jin Cho: The Wanderer

Apparently everything needs a title these days. Superficially ‘The Wanderer’ might appear to relate rather more closely to the Schubert...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2020

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Op 31 (Andreas Staier)

The greatest crisis of Beethoven’s life came in 1802, and was expressed in his heartfelt Heiligenstadt Testament. But he was...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2020

JS BACH Harpsichord Works (Vinikour)

The American harpsichordist Jory Vinikour has been working his way through the core repertoire for his instrument – the complete...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2020

JS BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 (Schiff)

András Schiff’s penchant for cyclical programming started to reach Busonian proportions in the 21st century’s first decade, and hasn’t let...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2020

Two Lutes with Grace (Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer)

As Marc Lewon says in his note, the lute duet is the most easily documented ensemble from the 15th century;...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 04/2020

Phoenix Piano Trio: The Leipzig Circle

It’s interesting to see what can be achieved with a little bit of imaginative programming. It’s not too much of...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2020

Oberon Trio: Duality

Haydn’s D minor Trio begins with a stunning set of double variations alternating minor and major modes, ascending and descending...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2020

Paul Tortelier: RIAS Recordings

What we have here, to quote Rüdiger Albrecht’s comprehensive booklet note, are first-release recordings ‘made in 1949, 1962 and 1964...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2020

WEIGL String Quartets Nos 7 & 8 (Thomas Christian Ensemble)

Thomas Christian’s ensemble is well placed to broaden and deepen our understanding of an overlooked Viennese contemporary of Schoenberg. I...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2020

SCHUMANN Piano Quintet. Piano Quartet (Mortensen, Engegård Quartet)

CD artwork can be terribly generic. Yes, these are Norwegian artists on a Norwegian label, and the moody monochrome seascape...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2020

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