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HAYDN The Seasons (in English)

‘Haydn is writing with new zeal since he has had the good fortune to lose his nasty wife’, noted the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2017

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 14 & 23

The still-young winner of the 2006 Leeds Competition presented his Beethoven credentials more than impressively with the Hammerklavier and Waldstein...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2017

Bach Reimagines Bach

‘So here are 3 degrees of reimagination for your consideration. My own minimalist effort, Bach’s mild refashioning of BWV1006 with...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 05/2017

BRUCH String Quintets and Octet

String players of a certain vintage might remember the excitement caused in 1991 by the publication of Max Bruch’s A...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2017

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos 6 & 9

This is James Ehnes’s first disc of Beethoven sonatas and I very much hope it will herald a complete survey....

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2017

ELGAR Cello Concerto; Sea Pictures

Though both Jacqueline du Pré and Janet Baker were already well established and widely appreciated in 1965, this disc marked...

Reviewed in issue 5/1986

Anett Fritsch: Mozart Arias

Anett Fritsch’s Mozart is a sheer delight. This is no bland essay of the usual suspects painted in anonymous colours...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2017

GLASS Études – selection. Glassworks – Opening

In 2015, when Glass’s complete set of 20 Études for solo piano were presented – tag-team-style – by five different...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 04/2017

BRAHMS Complete Solo Piano Music Vol 4

As we reach Volume 4 of this complete solo Brahms traversal, there’s no doubt that Jonathan Plowright and old Johannes...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2017

JS BACH Goldberg Variations

Beatrice Rana has been making waves since her teens, notably at the 2013 Van Cliburn competition, where she won Silver...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2017

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