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LISZT; LYAPUNOV Transcendental Studies (Konstantin Scherbakov)

Scherbakov is a pianist I have long admired, a superb technician with a wide-ranging and adventurous repertoire. His more than...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2019

LISZT Transcriptions from Opera by Auber and Verdi (Wai Yin Wong)

When faced with a body of work as prodigious as Liszt’s piano music, a lexicographic approach must be tempting. In...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2019

FRESCOBALDI Toccaate e Partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo libro primo (Rousset)

Frescobaldi’s first book of Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo (1615) was published in Rome during his first stint as...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2019

JS BACH Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Céline Frisch)

With Book 2, Céline Frisch completes her traversal of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, maintaining the stylishly high standards and cultivated musicianship...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2019

JS BACH Complete Works for Keyboard Vol 2 (Benjamin Alard)

In 1700, the 15-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach left behind his native Thuringia and travelled to Luneberg, in the north of...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2019

CPE BACH Abschied (Vittorio Forte)

For his new Odradek recording, the Calabrian pianist Vittorio Forte has chosen a programme of fantasies, rondos and variations written...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2019

Out of Italy

One of the many pleasures of this recording of Italian music for Baroque cello is hearing Beiliang Zhu play student/teacher...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 07/2019

London, Circa 1700: Purcell & his Generation (La Rêveuse)

To my ears there’s a subtle French perfume lingering over the opening to this Restoration London-themed programme from La Rêveuse;...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2019

From the Ground Up: The Chaconne

Hugo Ticciati clearly delights in the elusive. His biography, unlike those of his colleagues, does not mention a single orchestra...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 07/2019

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Complete Works for Viola and Piano

This latest anthology from those enterprising folk at Albion Records launches in fine style with the endearingly personal Suite that...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2019

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