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LISZT Etudes d’exécution transcendante. Mephisto Waltz No 1

Following his masterly disc of the Chopin Ballades (Fondamenta, 4/12), Jean Muller continues with Liszt’s 12 Etudes d’exécution transcendante. And...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW2014

JS BACH Six Partitas BWV825-30

I’ve noted in these pages before the re emergence of the 16 foot register (sounding an octave below normal pitch)...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW2014

Nine Daies Wonder

When in 1599 Will Kemp, great clown of the age, late a member of Shakespeare’s company and probably the creator...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW2014

Mozart Arranged

The four Mozart-Grieg Sonatas have garnered more opprobrium than affection over the years but they still pop up occasionally. This...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2014

BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Fortepiano and Cello

We’ve had Beethoven’s complete music for cello and piano on period instruments before – notably from Pieter Wispelwey and Paul...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW2014

Pumeza: Voice of Hope

There are two distinct facets to Pumeza Matshikiza’s vocal personality on this CD: the singer who is now a ‘fully...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: AW2014

VIVALDI Opera Arias and Concertos

Concerto de’ Cavalieri have produced recitals exploring the operas of Alessandro Scarlatti and Pergolesi, and the third volume in ‘The...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2014

VIVALDI Cello Sonatas

As with a Bach Suite, learning a Vivaldi sonata is a rite of passage for every cellist. While not often...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: AW2014

STRAUSS Wind Sonatinas Nos 1 & 2

Richard Strauss’s wind sonatinas, composed in the last years before his death, have a distinct Mozartian inheritance and were also...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: AW2014

SOMIS Violin Sonatas Op 1

Giovanni Battista Somis (1686-1763), pupil of Corelli and teacher of Leclair, Pugnani and many others, has always been seen as...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: AW2014

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