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SCHUMANN Fantasie. Kreisleriana

Jean-Philippe Collard’s discography is weighted toward his compatriots, including much-lauded Fauré and Saint Saëns, but during the 1970s he made...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2017

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 13 & 21

Nine years have passed since Javier Perianes’s first disc of Schubert and here he programmes two utterly opposing sonatas, the...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2017

RAVEL Miroirs SCRIABIN Piano Sonatas Nos 3 & 10

Andrew Tyson keeps his headstrong and occasionally restless interpretative temperament in focus throughout most of his second solo CD, in...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2017

PAGANINI Bel canto

‘I rather assumed that the sound would be unique right from the start’, recalled Robert Schumann of Paganini’s playing. ‘Nothing...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2017

FRESCOBALDI Organ Works

It is heartening to know that Girolamo Frescobaldi’s legacy continues some 374 years after his death. Born in Ferrara in...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 06/2017

Angela Hewitt: Chopin

As the booklet-notes point out, the big news emerging from the 1980 Chopin Competition was the jury’s decision not to...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2017

CHOPIN Emmanuel Despax

Emmanuel Despax prefaces his recording of Chopin’s Preludes with a booklet-note that explains his concern for textual accuracy and avoidance...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2017

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 6

Jonathan Biss’s slowly evolving Beethoven sonata cycle has now reached Vol 6. And the main offering here is the greatest...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2017

WAGNER Lohengrin

Just as the drying-up of studio recordings (never plentiful) of Wagner’s ‘romantic opera’ seemed to threaten the work with ill-earned...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2017

VERDI Oberto

Verdi’s second opera has fared surprisingly well on record, especially if you include its appearances on DVD. In the audio-only...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2017

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