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Florian Krumpöck: Chopin

In an interview included in the booklet notes, Florian Krumpöck discusses the importance of tone and resonance in relation to...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2023

CHOPIN Mazurkas Vol 2 (Peter Jablonski)

Peter Jablonski concludes his survey of the Chopin Mazurkas with a release that matches the first volume (praised by Jed...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 12/2023

Bertrand Chamayou: Letters to Satie

John Cage and Erik Satie never corresponded – the young American would only have been 12 years old when the...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 12/2023

BERIO Complete Piano Works (Matteo Bevilacqua)

Berio’s compositions for solo piano (two or four hands) make up a relatively small part of an output rich in...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2023

Sean Shibe: Profesion

Barrios was an undisputed master of the guitar, Villa-Lobos a desultory practitioner, Ginastera a non-playing admirer of its unique sound...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 12/2023

JS BACH Sonatas and Partitas, Vol 2 (Frank Peter Zimmermann)

Frank Peter Zimmermann’s solo Bach was a lockdown project hatched at home, begun with no definite intention of recording but...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2023

JS BACH The French Suites (Mahan Esfahani)

For his earlier recording of the Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach (8/23), Mahan Esfahani used both a clavichord and a...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 12/2023

Eros: Bridge, Grime, Eröd & Ginastera

Winner of the 2019 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Mithras Trio launch...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2023

Gautier Capuçon: Destination Paris

We last encountered Gautier Capuçon on his album ‘Sensations’ (1/23), striding at low tide towards Mont Saint-Michel with cello in...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2023

Beyond Twilight: Music For Cello & Piano By Female Composers

It was time resulting from lockdown that prompted Alexandra Mackenzie and Ingrid Sawers to delve into this wealth of largely...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2023

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