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Emil Gilels: The Seattle Recital

During the course of 28 years beginning in 1955, the great Soviet pianist Emil Gilels toured North America 12 times....

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2016

Lucas Debargue plays Bach, Beethoven and Medtner

The French pianist Lucas Debargue was snapped up by Sony after the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition. Not because he won it,...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2016

TELEMANN 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin

Telemann’s solo violin music is never likely to challenge Bach’s for popularity – not these days, anyway. Back in his...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2016

MOMPOU Fêtes lointaines

It’s interesting how certain pianists known for advocating thorny large-scale 20th-century works also champion the exquisitely wrought tonality of Mompou’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2016

HAYDN Piano Sonatas - Einav Yarden

What an enterprising programme from the Israeli pianist Einav Yarden. She eschews the obvious, choosing six of Haydn’s middle-period sonatas...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2016

GODOWSKY The Art of Transcription

If you have never sampled any Godowsky – or even if you are a Godowskyphobe (I’ve encountered a few over...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2016

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No 30 LISZT Piano Sonata S178

Back when the stampede was on and all the original-instrument orchestras were eager to record fortepiano concertos prior to the...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2016

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata Nos 27 - 29

What a pleasure to report the near-simultaneous release of two magnificent new Hammerklaviers by a pair of internationally recognised artists,...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2016

JS BACH Keyboard Suites BWV831, 825 & 809

Geneva-born Fabrizio Chiovetta presents three contrasted suites in this Bach recital. He’s particularly compelling in the least frequently performed of...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2016

Violin Sonatas & Pieces

‘They speak the language of these composers effortlessly and naturally.’ So says the booklet-note of Latvian sisters Lauma and Baiba...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 10/2016

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