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GODOWSKY 53 Studies on the Chopin Études, Vol 1 (Konstantin Scherbakov)

The finishing tape of Konstantin Scherbakov’s Godowsky marathon is in sight. His project to record the complete works began back...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2020

FAURÉ Vol 2 'In paradisum' (Louis Lortie)

The second volume of Louis Lortie’s series of Fauré recitals offers the kind of solace that repays repeated hearings, with...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 07/2020

CHOPIN Etudes (Sonya Bach)

Chopin may have brought the étude out of the practice room and into the salon but for some performers there’s...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2020

JS BACH Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644 (Stephen Farr)

Stephen Farr continues his occasional Bach series for Resonus with the 46 short chorale preludes contained in the ‘Little Organ...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 07/2020

JS BACH Cello Suites (Alisa Weilerstein)

Perhaps the most illuminating way to sample this remarkable set is to home in on three consecutive movements from the...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2020

JS BACH The complete works for keyboard, Vol 3 (Benjamin Alard)

Benjamin Alard’s project to record Bach’s complete works for harpsichord and organ is an awesome one; there must be few...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2020

Exiles in Paradise

Émigré composers who wound up in Hollywood (or at least in the neighbourhood) are the agents that bind this excellently...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2020

Cantilena

Tabea Zimmermann makes quite an entrance with the programme-opener on ‘Cantilena’, Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango. Not because it’s an explosive...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2020

SCHUBERT Sonatinas 'Boundless'

Schubert composed this trio of small-scale sonatas in the spring of 1816, right around the time he was at work...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2020

SCHARWENKA Chamber music

Philipp Scharwenka (1847-1917) knew how to write chamber music, as the four works of his maturity amply demonstrate. His output...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2020

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