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20th Century Harpsichord Music

The presence of the pioneering harpsichordist Wanda Landowska in early-20th-century Paris inspired many composers to write for her. Her instrument...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2015

VIEUXTEMPS Works for Solo Violin

Vieuxtemps was among the foremost of the post-Paganini generation of violinist-composers. That his music should be so little heard and...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2015

SHOSTAKOVICH 24 Preludes and Fugues

In his accompanying notes to this live recording, Craig Sheppard quotes Kurt Sanderling’s comment that if Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2015

SCRIABIN Complete Etudes

With his Chopin Mazurkas (see page 70) and an earlier Brilliant set of Scriabin sonatas, Dmitri Alexeev marks a return...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2015

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No 19. Impromptus D935

Nicolai Lugansky is an impressive pianist, with a ravishingly beautiful sound and a technique that renders dense textures with perfect...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2015

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata D960. 12 Ländler

Shani Diluka is a pianist whose playing throws open the doors to hitherto unimagined chambers within the realm of understatement....

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2015

GODOWSKY Passacaglia, 4 Poems & Transcriptions

For an entrée into the polyphonic world of Godowsky, Emanuele Delucchi’s programme could hardly be bettered – a representative, nicely...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2015

FELDMAN For Bunita Marcus

There’s a neat Cornelius Cardew quote about how best to approach the works of Morton Feldman: ‘Almost all Feldman’s music...

Reviewed by Kate Molleson in issue: 12/2015

ENESCU Complete Solo Piano Works

Luiza Borac reset the bar in Enescu’s solo piano music in her survey (2003 05), overtaking Aurora Ienei (Electrecord/Olympia –...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2015

DEBUSSY Preludes Books 1 & 2

Francesco Piemontesi, who numbers Brendel, Perahia, Weissenberg and Ousset among his teachers, offers a masterly account of Debussy’s Préludes. Yet...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2015

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