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Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
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The Complete Josef Hofmann Vol 9
>‘Josef Hofmann was the greatest pianist I ever heard. I thought that when I was six. I still think that now.’ Charles Rosen, speaking...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2017
USTVOLSKAYA Piano Sonatas Nos 1 - 6
There are certainly worse ways of getting to know Galina Ustvolskaya’s unique brand of maximalist minimalism than through her six...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2017
Leif Ove Andsnes: Sibelius
It was the late Charles Rosen who insisted that the only way music becomes established as part of a living...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 11/2017
REICHA Rediscovered
Antoine (or Antonín, Anton) Reicha was one of music’s originals, with a cosmopolitan career tracing a trajectory from his native...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2017
MOMPOU Cançons i Danses. Paisajes. Scènes d’enfants
One needn’t know much of the piano music or many of the songs by Federico Mompou to recognise his distinctive...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2017
MCCABE Complete Piano Works
Stretching across more than half a century, the piano music of John McCabe (1939-2015) is an ideal way into one...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2017
LISZT Une divine tragédie
A combination of imaginative registration, intelligent musicianship, dazzling technique and deep stylistic intuition makes this about the best recorded performance of...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/2017
Halo
Andrew Matthews-Owen is best known as an accompanist – or rather a collaborative pianist – and has featured on well-received recordings of Hoddinott, Charlotte Bray...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2017
CLEMENTI Piano Sonatas and Preludes
Muzio Clementi was a precocious 14-year-old when brought from his native Rome to England, where he eventually built an international musical...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2017
CHOPIN Piano Sonatas Nos 1-3
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy is hardly a household name. On this showing, he deserves to be. He is a storyteller. If the narrative is...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2017
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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