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MOZART; SCHUMANN Fantasies

It’s questionable whether Mozart intended his C minor Fantasy, K475, to be yoked with the C minor Sonata, K457, in...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 04/2017

MONTGEROULT Piano Sonata No 9. 12 Etudes

So far as I can see, this is the first time that Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836) has graced these pages....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2017

Imogen Cooper plays Liszt and Wagner

The lyrical refinement that typifies Imogen Cooper’s finest recordings suits this selection of Liszt original works and transcriptions. She may...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017

LISZT Operatic Fantasies for Piano

Nowadays two distinct approaches to the music of Liszt prevail among pianists. One group views the published scores as more...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 04/2017

LEIGHTON Complete Organ Works

The first disc in this three-disc set was released separately in 2014 and I reviewed it in these pages. I...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 04/2017

GLINKA Complete Piano Works 1: Variations

Tchaikovsky’s judgement that Glinka was the acorn from which the oak of Russian music grew rests on the orchestral Kamarinskaya...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2017

DEBUSSY; HOSOKAWA Etudes

As with her 2013 ECM solo debut (1/14), Momo Kodama’s follow-up for the label aims to bridge cross-cultural influences between...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017

CZERNY Organ Music

Poor Carl Czerny! Despite his pivotal position, being both a pupil of Beethoven and a teacher of Liszt, his reputation...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 04/2017

CHOPIN 4 Ballades. Piano Sonata no 2

Angela Brownridge’s robust and colourful pianism will quickly quash anyone’s mental image of Chopin as weak and tubercular. However, like...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017

CHOPIN Preludes Op 28. Piano Sonata No 2

Julien Brocal’s recordings of Chopin’s Op 28 Preludes and Op 35 Sonata reveal a sensitive and talented pianist before us,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017

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