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URSPRUCH Works for Solo Piano

Biographical sketches of Anton Urspruch (1850-1907), a professor at the Hoch and Raff Conservatories in Frankfurt, make much of his association...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW17

Russian Works for Piano 4 Hands

This is an altogether impressive, accomplished and rewarding release, a delight to listen to from both the sound and performance points of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW17

Mona Asuka: Schubert, Liszt

In Schubert’s C minor Impromptu, Mona Asuka’s evenly balanced opening G natural octaves and plaintive shaping of the single-line phrase are offset by...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW17

GODOWSKY Studies on Chopin

Godowsky’s 53 Studies on Chopin’s Études (or 54 or 55 depending on whether you include different ossias in numbering them) present a formidable challenge...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW17

GLASS Partitas for Solo Cello

From listening to the Brandenburg Concertos in his father’s record store as a young boy to strict lessons in fugal counterpoint...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW17

Michel Dalberto: Fauré Piano Works

In a charmingly self-effacing booklet note, Michel Dalberto relates how his embrace of Fauré’s piano music, despite an early affinity for...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW17

Janina Fialkowska - Chopin Recital 3

While the works chosen for this Chopin recital are programmed to ensure maximum contrast of mood and emotion, a unified trajectory nevertheless...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW17

Varvara Tarasova: Schumann & Brahms

A native of St Petersburg, Varvara Tarasova studied at the Moscow Conservatory and, more recently, at London’s Royal College. She took...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW17

BARTÓK For Children

The late Zoltán Kocsis was among the first pianists to stress the musical value of Bartók’s collection For Children over...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW17

Vale: New Music for Flute

Forget new complexity: some of the music on flautist Richard Craig’s second Métier disc might simply be called post-everything. When...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: AW17

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