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JS BACH Concertos for Pianos

It was only recently that the first complete edition of Bach’s multiple keyboard concertos played on modern instruments came our...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2019

AZMEH Uneven Sky

Damascus-born and New York-domiciled, Kinan Azmeh enjoys a formidable reputation as a clarinettist and composer. Among his own works, Suite...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2019

ALFVÉN Complete Symphonies Vol 2

As in its predecessor (6/18), there’s more hard labour on display in this attractive second volume of Łukasz Borowicz’s cycle...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2019

Louiza Borac: Mozart In Love

Perhaps a better title here would be ‘In love with Mozart’. The programme is designed around various responses to Mozart’s...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 07/2019

Il cembalo transalpino: Music from the Fitzwilliam Collection (Sophie Yates)

Read carefully. This is not a disc of music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book – the giant manuscript of keyboard...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2019

Christina and Michelle Naughton: American Postcard

Most pianophiles, I suspect, have longstanding favourites among piano ensembles. As a child I was smitten with Vronsky and Babin,...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2019

Elly Ney: The complete Brunswick & Electrola Solo 78-rpm recordings

A student of Theodor Leschetizky and Liszt-pupil Emil von Sauer, the German pianist Elly Ney (1882-1968) enjoyed international success early...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2019

WILD The Complete Transcriptions and Original Piano Works, Vol 3

Earl Wild almost single-handedly revived the 19th-century tradition of piano transcription. Today, the likes of Hamelin, Hough, Volodos and Katsaris...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2019

SCHUBERT Works for Solo Piano, Vol 4 (Barry Douglas)

Barry Douglas’s Schubert series for Chandos has so far presented a blend of forms, including sonatas, character pieces and a...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2019

MOZART Piano Sonatas Nos 2, 3, 8 & 13 (Lars Vogt)

Mozart poses formidable challenges for modern pianists. Late 18th-century Viennese pianos resemble our contemporary instruments only on the most basic...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2019

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