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HAYDN Piano Sonatas Vol 2 (McCawley)

Light of touch, stylistically assured and brimful of intelligence and wit, Leon McCawley’s second instalment of Haydn sonatas for Somm...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2019

BEETHOVEN Pathétique, Funèbre, Clair de Lune & Appassionata

Michel Dalberto’s Beethoven has mellowed since his sparkling early-1980s recordings of the Op 2 and Op 10 trilogies. The music’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2019

BALAKIREV Piano Music Vol 5

Nicholas Walker has been toiling away virtually unnoticed in the Balakirev vineyard for the past few decades. Many will recall...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2019

ALKAN Symphony and Concerto for Solo Piano (Paul Wee)

Surprisingly, this is the first time that Alkan’s Symphony for Solo Piano and Concerto for Solo Piano have appeared together...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2019

Rendez-vous with Martha Argerich

There are live recordings and there are live recordings. Some catapult you straight to the event while others leave you...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2019

Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Time & Eternity

The disembodied head of Patricia Kopatchinskaja rests next to a violin, its back splintered, its neck missing. Inside the booklet,...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2019

Tessa Lark: Fantasy

On the evidence of this musically engaging programme, violinist Tessa Lark has a canny ability to adjust her approach according...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2019

Cobbett's Legacy (The Berkeley Ensemble)

What a good idea! Looking for practical ways to spread the word about emerging composers, the Berkeley Ensemble revisited the...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2019

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos 2, 7 & 8 (Pave Haas Quartet)

Shostakovich’s Second Quartet is remarkable for its sheer insistence. Long stretches of the first movement are sustained at a constant...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2019

POULENC; SEABOURNE; VLADIGEROV Violin Sonatas

Poulenc wasn’t instinctively drawn to the violin sonata: ‘The prima donna violin over arpeggiated piano nauseates me’, he’s reported to...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2019

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