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Review of Le clavecin à Paris au XVIIIe siècle (Jos van Immerseel)

Le clavecin à Paris au XVIIIe siècle (Jos van Immerseel)

For most readers, Jos van Immerseel will be associated primarily with historical pianos, on which he has over the years...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2024

Review of Thomas Trotter: A Celebration

Thomas Trotter: A Celebration

There have been only seven Birmingham City Organists since the post was created in 1834, and just four in the...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2024

Review of SCHUBERT Piano Sonata. Moments musicaux (Adam Laloum)

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata. Moments musicaux (Adam Laloum)

Listen to Adam Laloum caress the gentle return of the main theme at the end of the A major Sonata’s...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 01/2024

Review of Inon Barnatan: Rachmaninov Reflections

Inon Barnatan: Rachmaninov Reflections

Five years ago, Ward Marston released substantial fragments from a demonstration of the Symphonic Dances given by Rachmaninov to help...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 01/2024

Review of Sonya Bach: Mussorgsky

Sonya Bach: Mussorgsky

Sonya Bach studied with both Alicia de Larrocha and Lazar Berman, so it’s no surprise that in her hands A...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 01/2024

Review of BRAHMS 'The Muse' (Nino Gvetadze)

BRAHMS 'The Muse' (Nino Gvetadze)

Patrick Rucker thought very highly of Nino Gvetadze’s Schumann recording on this label (12/20), so I was intrigued to hear...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2024

Review of BONIS Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 1 (Mengyiyi Chen)

BONIS Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 1 (Mengyiyi Chen)

This release is billed as Vol 1 of the complete music for solo piano of Mélanie Hélène Bonis, known as...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2024

Review of BEETHOVEN Symphonies 1 & 6 (Tessa Uys, Ben Schoeman)

BEETHOVEN Symphonies 1 & 6 (Tessa Uys, Ben Schoeman)

In many ways, Xaver Scharwenka’s piano duet transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies stand out from numerous others by such 19th-century ‘in...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2024

Review of BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations (Shai Wosner)

BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations (Shai Wosner)

Serious forethought and scrutinised detail inform Shai Wosner’s interpretation of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, sometimes getting in the music’s way, notwithstanding...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2024

Review of A Beethoven Odyssey Vol 8 (James Brawn)

A Beethoven Odyssey Vol 8 (James Brawn)

James Brawn’s traversal of Beethoven’s piano sonatas has reached its eighth instalment, with a selection of sonatas composed between 1800...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2024

 

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