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Review of Orlando Bass: Piano Modern Recital, Vol 2

Orlando Bass: Piano Modern Recital, Vol 2

This CD is hardly ‘modern’ (its repertoire goes back to 1909) and nor is it a ‘recital’ in the sense...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 08/2018

Review of Alexandra Dariescu: The Nutcracker and I

Alexandra Dariescu: The Nutcracker and I

The original idea, from which this CD and its illustrated booklet is a spin-off, was a multi-sensory project bringing together...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 08/2018

Review of SUK Piano Music (Plowright)

SUK Piano Music (Plowright)

This disc of early piano music offers a different side from Suk the maximalist, with works such as Asrael and...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2018

Review of RAMEAU Complete Solo Keyboard Works (Steven Devine)

RAMEAU Complete Solo Keyboard Works (Steven Devine)

The three individual volumes encompassing Steven Devine’s complete Rameau survey were originally available only in download format. Resonus has now...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2018

Review of LISZT Années de pèlerinage - Suisse (Piemontesi)

LISZT Années de pèlerinage - Suisse (Piemontesi)

The Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi, now in his mid-thirties, is quietly carving out an impressive career for himself and this...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2018

Review of GALILEI Il primo libro d’intavolatura di liuto (Axel Wolf)

GALILEI Il primo libro d’intavolatura di liuto (Axel Wolf)

A keen continuo player and chamber musician, lutenist Axel Wolf’s previous recordings include music by JS Bach, Handel, Hasse and...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2018

Review of DEBUSSY Préludes, Book 2. La Mer (Melnikov)

DEBUSSY Préludes, Book 2. La Mer (Melnikov)

Érard pianos from either side of 1900 seem to have survived the ageing process rather well, at least to the...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2018

Review of Nelson Goerner plays Debussy

Nelson Goerner plays Debussy

This disc was originally released on Zig Zag Territoires, and it has been a great pleasure returning to it, thanks...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2018

Review of JS BACH The Complete Organ Works, Vol 7

JS BACH The Complete Organ Works, Vol 7

David Goode has now reached Vol 7 in his series of Bach’s complete organ works, recorded once again on the...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2018

Review of JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Ares)

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Ares)

There’s a surprise for anyone who puts on this recording without looking at the booklet first: its opening notes are...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2018


 

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