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Piers Lane: Russian Variations

Here, on the face of it, is an enticing quartet of works that have in common Russian composers and/or Russian...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2024

REGER 'Lieder von Johannes Brahms' (Rudolf Buchbinder)

In 1904 the firm of Simrock approached Max Reger with the offer of an exclusive contract. Reger was clearly flattered...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2024

MUFFAT Componimenti musicali per il cembalo (Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya)

Gottlieb Muffat was Georg Muffat’s son, lesser known today than his father but a formidable musician and composer in his...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2024

Yundi: Mozart - The Sonata Project

Here’s a pianist who once had all the hallmarks of a Chinese piano superstar: early success at a major competition...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 06/2024

LISZT B-Minor Sonata. Petrarch Sonnets. Valse oubliee no 2 (Nelson Goerner)

There are some albums submitted for review where just the mention of the pianist’s name guarantees a rewarding and insightful...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2024

GRIEG Holberg Suite. Ballade. Lyric Pieces (Andrey Gugnin)

For his fourth Hyperion album, Andrey Gugnin moves from Scriabin, Godowskian associates and Shostakovich to Grieg, where his stylistic and...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2024

DEBUSSY; KOMITAS 'Music in Time of War'

This recording originated in Kirill Gerstein’s pandemic study of Debussy’s Études, but it’s also grounded in his recognition that we...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 06/2024

Janne Mertanen: 'Chopin'

When seemingly unusual details emerge from an interpretation of a thrice-familiar work, it’s often because the performer is taking certain...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2024

JS BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Masato Suzuki)

There is nothing extravagant, idiosyncratic or exceptional about this recording except its infallible good taste. Harpsichordist Masato Suzuki, who serves...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2024

JS BACH Keyboard Partitas (Martin Helmchen)

It is still relatively rare these days for established mainstream pianists to fall for an old instrument hook, line and...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 06/2024

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