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Review of Rarities of Piano Music 2015

Rarities of Piano Music 2015

The annual Husum disc, issued just before the succeeding year’s festival opens, aims to represent every pianist invited to play....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016

Review of Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages

Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages

There are few young pianists around today to whose latest release one looks forward as eagerly as one does to...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016

Review of Tatyana Nikolaieva: The 1989 Herodes Atticus Odeon Recital

Tatyana Nikolaieva: The 1989 Herodes Atticus Odeon Recital

Look at the close-ups on any YouTube video of Tatyana Nikolaieva’s pianism and you will see on full display the...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2016

Review of Kentner plays Balakirev, Lyapunov & Liszt

Kentner plays Balakirev, Lyapunov & Liszt

The Hungarian-naturalised-British pianist Louis (Lajos) Kentner is today probably most frequently associated with Liszt, no doubt because of the several...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016

Review of MOZART Complete Piano Sonatas

MOZART Complete Piano Sonatas

According to the blurb on the back cover of his Mozart sonata cycle, Fazıl Say aims to capture ‘a certain...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2016

Review of MENDELSSOHN 6 Organ Sonatas

MENDELSSOHN 6 Organ Sonatas

Mendelssohn’s six organ sonatas do not crop up all that often on the same disc. They tend to come as...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016

Review of Après un rêve: A Fauré Recital

Après un rêve: A Fauré Recital

The French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie is nothing if not versatile. His Beethoven sonatas (1/11) demonstrated a thoughtful approach to canonic...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016

Review of CHOPIN 57 Mazurkas

CHOPIN 57 Mazurkas

Listening to Janusz Olejniczak’s two-disc set of Mazurkas is like stepping back in time, to an age when interpretation of...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016

Review of Pacini Plays Beethoven and Liszt

Pacini Plays Beethoven and Liszt

Soon to be 25, Sophie Pacini is a prodigious pianist, muscular in a way that suggests she’d be happy to...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016

Review of BARTÓK Mikrokosmos Book 5

BARTÓK Mikrokosmos Book 5

Fortunately for us at least two very individual young musicians are currently recording Bartók’s solo piano music, players who go...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2016

 

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