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Kristinn Árnason: Transfiguratio

On the surface, prize-winning Icelandic guitarist Kristinn Árnason’s latest recording contains few surprises: a classic recital comprising chronologically ordered pieces...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 02/2015

Carolin Widmann: Reflections

Carolin Widmann is an outstandingly enterprising artist at a time when many leading violinists are content to stick with the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 02/2015

SCHUBERT; CHOPIN; FAURÉ Impromptus

Impromptus may be the subject of Tomasz Lis’s solo CD debut but the pianist’s generally reserved and charmless interpretations suggest...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2015

Hommage à Weber

First, the recording. Duo d’Accord – Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler – lives up to its name in terms of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2015

Clare Hammond: Etude

Simply entitled ‘Etude’, Clare Hammond’s recital is gloriously deceptive. For here is no familiar programme of Chopin and Liszt but...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 02/2015

Thomas Gould: Bach to Parker

Bach is the arbiter of many good and different things, and it’s no coincidence that the only composers paired with...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 02/2015

SCRIABIN Complete Poèmes

Initially idolised by a small coterie, Scriabin was also vilified by those who placed reason above passion, clarity above obscurity....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 02/2015

RAMEAU Pièces de Clavecin, Volume 2

As with its predecessor (9/14), the second of four projected releases in this superbly engineered download-only Rameau cycle features a...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 4/2010

PIATTI 12 Caprices for Solo Cello

Alfredo Piatti, born in Bergamo in 1822, settled in London in the 1840s. Here, in addition to his career as...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 02/2015

MOZART Piano Works: Neglected Treasures

‘Neglected Treasures’ promises the CD cover. This is surely stretching a point with the two variation sets, on ‘Ah, vous...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2015

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