Echoes of Genius: From the Dawn of Electrical Recording to Hidden Violin Treasures
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
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F WALEY-COHEN Permutations
Tamsin Waley-Cohen has built up a wide-ranging discography for Signum and now turns to the music of her sister Freya...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2017
SCHUMANN Carnaval
Studio Odradek is an audibly small, acoustically controlled space where the instrument is a (2008) Steinway Model B. To some...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2017
SATIE Piano Music Vol 2
If Erik Satie was championed by Debussy and Cocteau during his lifetime, popular fascination with this French iconoclast can credibly...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2017
RZEWSKI The People United Will Never Be Defeated
In addition to Daan Vandewalle’s impressive credits as a new-music pianist, he has a natural inclination towards big projects such...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2017
MOZART Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 & 14
I much enjoyed William Youn’s previous volume of Mozart (1/17) and this latest disc by the Korean-born, Munich-based pianist is...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2017
FELDMAN For Bunita Marcus
Suggesting that Morton Feldman CDs ought to be ‘listened to at a much lower level than usual’ is foolhardy. Feldman...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 09/2017
CHOPIN The Complete Mazurkas (Joanna MacGregor)
Joanna MacGregor is a pianist who never fails to surprise, and the complete Chopin mazurkas has become a recital favourite...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2017
CHOPIN Études Opp10 & 35
Setting off on Op 10, you get the impression that Amir Katz is a man in a hurry, dragging Chopin’s...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2017
BRAHMS; DVOŘÁK; GRIEG Music for Piano Four Hands
These are two distinguished artists so I hesitate to say it, but this recording made me extremely grumpy. For a...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2017
BEETHOVEN Bagatelles Op 126 SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze
Winner of the 2016 Cleveland and 2007 Paderewski Competitions, as well as a finalist in the 2013 Cliburn, the Russian...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2017
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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