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Review of SCHUBERT Moments Musicaux. Piano Sonata, D850

SCHUBERT Moments Musicaux. Piano Sonata, D850

You never know what to expect from Valery Afanassiev. One year it’s the most lifeless Beethoven concerto cycle on disc,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2013

Review of RACHMANINOV Solo Piano Recordings Vol 3

RACHMANINOV Solo Piano Recordings Vol 3

For many, Rachmaninov was the greatest of all pianists, and here in Ward Marston’s magnificent transfers he is at last...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2013

Review of Bezuidenhout: Mozart Keyboard Music

Bezuidenhout: Mozart Keyboard Music

The fourth instalment in Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart solo keyboard music cycle proves remarkably consistent in relation to the previous three...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2013

Review of LIPATTI Piano Music

LIPATTI Piano Music

Concertino en style classique has four short movements (17'56" overall) of chic Baroque pastiche, the first movement at times edging...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2013

Review of CRAVEN Set for Piano

CRAVEN Set for Piano

Eric Craven’s Set for Piano – not merely performed but ‘realised and performed’, the cover art declares, by Cork-born pianist...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 01/2013

Review of CHOPIN Preludes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas

CHOPIN Preludes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas

Pollini first made his mark in Chopin, his gleaming sonority and imperious command a source of wonder to Rubinstein at...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2013

Review of CHOPIN Piano Works

CHOPIN Piano Works

Here is a Chopin recital to make you think again. Anne-Marie McDermott, whose records, notably of Bach and Prokofiev, have...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2013

Review of CHOPIN; SCHUMANN Piano Works

CHOPIN; SCHUMANN Piano Works

Katia Bronska is a new name to me, though presumably she has been around for some time as in 1987...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2013

Review of BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations

BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations

Eloquence presents the first CD publication of a 1971 two-LP set originally issued in DG’s Archiv series, featuring Jörg Demus...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2013

Review of Scenes from a New Music Séance

Scenes from a New Music Séance

While the living are central to the progressive Other Minds festivals in San Francisco, this violin-and-piano spin-off recording features works...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2013

 

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