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BEETHOVEN Christus am Ölberge

Leif Segerstam has become notorious in recent years for giving performances of standard repertoire that rival Celibidache in their pseudo-mystical...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2019

Bach's Family: Choral Motets

The setting of Nun danket alle Gott by Altnickol was once erroneously ascribed to his father-in-law: thus accorded a place...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2019

JS BACH Stay, ye angels

Recorded live in the church of St Wenceslas in Naumburg, this assortment of four cantatas features its magnificent historic organ...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2019

Anna Gourari: Elusive Affinity

For her third ECM release, Anna Gourari has assembled a thoughtful miscellany whose affinity is not so much elusive as...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2019

Nathan Williamson: Colour and Light

The eclecticism and stylistic contrasts characterising the works on Nathan Williamson’s newest release reveal this pianist’s knack for conceiving intelligent...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2019

Jean Doyen plays Chopin, Liszt and Music from France

My sadly seldom-visited LP collection includes Jean Doyen’s Gaspard and Valses nobles, which have always held a special place in...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2019

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata (Stefan Stroissnig)

Stefan Stroissnig, who studied in his native Vienna and at the Royal College of Music, now teaches at the University...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2019

RACHMANINOV Chopin Variations. Song transcriptions (Georgijs Osokins)

The Latvian-born pianist Georgijs Osokins was one of six artists who, having failed to reach the finals of the 2015...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2019

MOZART Piano Sonatas Vol 2 (Peter Donohoe)

The second instalment of Peter Donohoe’s Mozart survey was recorded as recently as this March. He and Somm’s recording team...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2019

LISZT Années de pèlerinage, Book 1 (Piemontesi)

Perhaps if he’d lived today, Liszt would have contented himself with Instagram selfies alongside Raphael’s Lo Sposalizio and Michelangelo’s Il...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 09/2019

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