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Italian Lute Virtuosi of the Renaissance

This latest release by one of today’s greatest lutenists features the music of, as Jakob Lindberg writes, ‘arguably the greatest...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 12/2016

Paderewski: The Complete Victor Recordings

Paderewski’s fame as a pianist was on a par with that of Liszt and Anton Rubinstein, a fact that has...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2016

WILLIAMSON Organ Music

With the exception of the Organ Symphony and the Vision of Christ-Phoenix, organists have shown little enthusiasm for the music...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 12/2016

SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus. Moments Musicaux

There’s surprisingly little solo Schubert in Lars Vogt’s discography, so this Ondine disc is welcome. What it reveals, however, is...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2016

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 16 & 19

It seems strange that my first thought on hearing Louis Schwizgebel’s Schubert was that it feels insufficiently Beethovenian – or...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2016

GILARDINO Sicilian Guitar Music

As the Italian guitarist, composer and musicologist Angelo Gilardino writes in his booklet-note, ‘I am not concerned about whether my...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 12/2016

FROBERGER 23 Suites for Harpsichord

One can sense Glen Wilson’s frustration when in the booklet-note for this release he directs us towards a more extensive...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2016

CHOPIN Complete Piano Sonatas

This new, well-filled disc from Joseph Moog, Gramophone’s 2015 Young Artist of the Year, gives us a chance to assess...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2016

BRAHMS Piano Sonata No 3

The centrepiece of Turin-born Gabriele Carcano’s debut recording of early Brahms is the mighty F minor Sonata, Op 5. He...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2016

JS BACH Six Keyboard Partitas

Technical polish, intelligent musicianship, well-reasoned tempi, and scrupulously executed ornaments characterise Charles Owen’s Bach Partitas, along with a rounded and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2016

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