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It’s a good idea to read Kenneth Hamilton’s booklet before you listen to his disc. Not just because he is...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2017

Christoph Sietzen: Attraction

Percussionists, and percussion recitals, are hardly uncommon these days but, with ‘Attraction’, Christoph Sietzen has put together a collection of...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2017

Walter Gieseking: The Complete 1950s Solo Studio Recordings

These aren’t quite the ‘complete’ Walter Gieseking 1950s solo studio recordings of Brahms, Schubert and Schumann, in that the pianist’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2017

Elisabeth Brauss: Debut

This is apparently the debut recording of the remarkable young artist Elisabeth Brauss. Born and trained in Hamburg, Brauss will...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2017

TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons. Grand Sonata

As Lugansky points out in his accompanying essay, Tchaikovsky’s G major Sonata and The Seasons fall under the same opus...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2017

SCARLATTI Keyboard Sonatas Vol 5

Pierre Hantaï’s discerning and unhurried stroll through selected Scarlatti sonatas (the single-disc series began way back in 1993) here reaches...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2017

RACHMANINOV Piano Sonatas

For all their teeming surfaces, the Rachmaninov piano sonatas don’t have to be treated as virtuoso demonstration vehicles. Sane, dedicated,...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2017

MUSSORGSKY Complete Piano Works

The popularity of Pictures at an Exhibition continues unabated. Over-exposure has almost certainly dulled our ears to the splendours of...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2017

MATTHESON 12 Suites for Harpsichord

The name of Johann Mattheson (1681-1764) appears frequently in books and articles about Baroque music, though seldom in connection with...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2017

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No 18 HAYDN Piano Sonata No 31

This is Guillaume Bellom’s first solo CD and his debut on Claves. His programme contrasts Classical-era Haydn and Schubert with...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2017

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