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Igor Levit: Fantasia

The latest of Igor Levit’s thematically linked collections solidifies his reputation as a pianist of unflinching intellectual rigour and breathtaking...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: AW23

Cyborg Pianist

It’s not uncommon these days for new releases to be saddled with adjectives like groundbreaking or cutting-edge. But from time...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: AW23

El Bohemio

This is a portrait of the legendary Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustín Barrios (1885-1944) with a difference: his music, and...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW23

Miloš: Baroque

‘Baroque’ is Montenegrin classical guitarist Miloš Karadaglić’s most virtuosic album to date. That is, he asks the famous question, ‘Sonata,...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW23

SIMAKU 'Solo'

When Thomas Simaku, born in Albania, moved to the UK in 1991, he discovered the 20th-century avant-garde tradition. Thereafter, his...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: AW23

Schubert by Candlelight – Live in Madrid (Sergei Kvitko)

Pianist Sergei Kvitko’s booklet notes discuss at great length the conception and evolution of this all-Schubert programme centred around the...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW23

PARRY Piano Music (Richard Deering)

Parry’s piano music has received scant attention over the past 50 years. Recordings by John Parry (Pearl, 7/78 – nla)...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: AW23

LISZT Études d’exécution transcendante (Haochen Zhang)

Since sharing the Gold Medal at the Cliburn Competition in 2009, Haochen Zhang has accumulated a choice discography – but...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: AW23

Kenneth Hamilton Plays Liszt, Vol Two: Salon and Stage

Listening to Liszt’s take on Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture – creative in the most authentic sense – is to recall Ronald...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW23

FRANCK Piano Works (Ingmar Lazar)

Interest in Franck’s solo piano music has focused on the Prélude, aria et final and the Prélude, choral et fugue....

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: AW23

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