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Handel in Ireland, Vol 1

A nice idea this, to complement London Early Opera’s ‘Handel in Italy’ and ‘Handel at Vauxhall’ series with a project...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2017

Anne Queffélec: Entrez dans la danse...

The same qualities as on her delightful cornucopia ‘Satie & Compagnie’ (4/13) are on display again in Anne Queffélec’s programme...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2017

Abbey Spectacular!

The London thread running through this programme is understandable, but I am not sure it makes much musical sense. Nor...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 05/2017

Haochen Zhang: Brahms, Liszt, Janáček and Schumann

Haochen Zhang first came to my attention through an excellent selection of live performances from the 2009 International Van Cliburn...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

SHOSTAKOVICH Preludes and Fugues Op 87

Although the American critic BH Haggin erred on the wrong side of history when he called Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

SCHUMANN Blumenstück. Davidsbündlertänze. Humoreske

A critic colleague wrote of a particularly flawless yet featureless interpretation that it had ‘all of the perfection of waxed...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit. Miroirs. Le tombeau de Couperin

Few pianists can claim a more impressive recording debut than Alexander Krichel’s masterful Liszt recital in 2011 (Telos/Profil). It was...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2017

LISZT Grandes études, S137

A bit of housekeeping: this disc is of the first concert versions (S137, from 1837) of the monumental Douze Études...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2017

LISZT Paganini Studies and Variations

The last time Wojciech Waleczek appeared in these pages was in May 2015, when he and violinist Voytek Proniewcz came...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2017

Ivana Gavrić: Chopin

Since they offer so little opportunity for display, it’s perhaps no surprise that the Mazurkas should be somewhat less favoured...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2017

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