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SCHUMANN Kreisleriana. Symphonic Studies

Nelson Goerner presents some of Schumann’s wildest children in this finely recorded recital, beginning with the mighty Etudes symphoniques. Beauty...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2015

SCHUBERT Moments Musicaux. Piano Sonata No 20

Shai Wosner muses in his booklet essay on the notion of Schubert and time, observing that often the composer’s short...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2015

SCHUBERT Valses nobles. Valses sentimentales

Initial enthusiasm for a record largely devoted to Schubert dances is easily dampened if the performances are insufficiently vital, affectionate...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015

RACHMANINOV Moments Musicaux. Etudes-Tableaux Op 39

The 1990 winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition ranges far and wide and, having recently introduced us to the...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015

HAYDN Piano Sonatas Nos 38, 39, 47 & 59

Christa Landon’s numbering 1 to 62 is followed. But her 1960s edition was superseded in 2009 when Wiener Urtext published...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 01/2015

GODOWSKY Piano Music Vol 12

The end is in sight: 12 down, three to go. Scherbakov’s Herculean task of recording all of Leopold Godowsky’s music...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015

GODARD Piano Works

Godard’s fortunes have taken a decided turn for the better in recent years, with two recordings of both his piano...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015

CHOPIN Complete Mazurkas

Janina Fialkowska continues her Chopin odyssey with a subtle and elusive challenge. The 55 Mazurkas (extended from what was once...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015

BRAHMS Works for Solo Piano Vol 3

The third volume in Barry Douglas’s Brahms cycle once again suggests carefully considered and imaginative programme-planning rather than following a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No 16. Eroica Variations SCHUBERT Wanderer Fantasy

Described as ‘a rising star’, the 19-year-old Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan has surely already risen, and it is greatly to...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2015

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