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GRIEG Lyric Pieces

Coming hard on the heels of Stephen Hough’s selection from all 10 books of the Lyric Pieces (Hyperion, 6/15) is...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2015

CHOPIN Waltzes and Nocturnes

Louis Lortie’s earlier recordings in his Chopin series have received mixed reviews in these pages, ranging from enthusiastic (BM and...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2015

Håkon Austbø: Chopin Now

‘Chopin Now’ is the title of this new disc from the Norwegian pianist Håkon Austbø, a concept explored and explained...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2015

Pascal Gallois: Solo

Few bassoonists could hope to match Pascal Gallois when it comes to his extending of an all too limited repertoire....

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2015

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 2, 5, 24 & 31

As with previous instalments in Angela Hewitt’s near-complete Beethoven cycle, this fifth volume, for the most part, offers interpretations characterised...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2015

JS BACH Cello Suites Nos 1, 3 & 4

With works recorded as often as Bach’s Cello Suites, it is essential for the listener, if her interest is to...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 09/2015

JS BACH; GLASS Organ Works

This generously filled two-disc set was recorded in 2013 on the mighty Klais organ (of 1962) in the rebuilt Cistercian...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 09/2015

Dana Zemtsov: Romantic Metamorphoses

In some respects, this is a very personal disc. It aims, we are told, to explore the ‘many and often...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2015

Harmonische Freude

Austral Harmony – a trio of two Australians and a Brit – invite listeners to experience a carefully imagined, rather...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 09/2015

The Cello in Spain

Josetxu Obregón’s imaginative recording of music written for the cello under Spanish influence – usually in Spain but not necessarily...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 09/2015

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