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SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 16 & 21

I’m not sure if these 2006 recordings have previously been released in the West but they provide my first exposure...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2017

CHOPIN Piano Sonata No 2. Preludes. Scherzo No 2 (Tiberghien)

We may currently be thinking of Cédric Tiberghien in terms of his fabulously colourful Bartók cycle or crystalline Mozart sonatas with Alina...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2017

CHOPIN Nocturnes (Complete: Goerner)

It’s not surprising to find Nelson Goerner, a pianist renowned for his poetry, recording Chopin’s Nocturnes. Certainly, the impression left by...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2017

BRAHMS The Complete Solo Piano Music Vol 5

The qualities that have distinguished Jonathan Plowright’s Brahms series for BIS since its beginning in 2013 – keen intelligence, thoughtful interpretations...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2017

SCHUMANN Carnaval BEETHOVEN 32 Variations

Beethoven’s chaconne-like 32 Variations in C minor and Nielsen’s Op 32 Chaconne make for interesting bedfellows. But how do these single-minded structures relate...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2017

JS BACH Organ Works Vol 4

When in the foothills of a grand Bach project, selection of works can have a significant bearing on the balance and shape...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2017

JS BACH English Suite No 2. Overture in the French Style

After mixed recitals featuring Chopin (with whom she has been associated since winning the 2010 Chopin Competition), Yulianna Avdeeva now turns her...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2017

Music for the Queen of Heaven

The Marian Consort made its debut recording for the Delphian label in 2011 with an acclaimed programme of ‘Music of...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2017

Lux in tenebris

Two sets of Lamentations and a penitential cantata bring plenty of darkness to this disc of sacred works from 18th-century Naples....

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2017

In Dulci Jubilo

This latest exploration of Buxtehude and his circle from Paul Hillier and the Theatre of Voices is a joyful, festive...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2017

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