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Review of CHOPIN Complete Preludes

CHOPIN Complete Preludes

To whom do you turn for the perfect set of Chopin Preludes? Personally, I don’t think such a thing exists,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2012

Review of CHOPIN Piano Works

CHOPIN Piano Works

For her second Chopin album, Janina Fialkowska once again offers a carefully chosen miscellany rather than a more conventional chronology....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2012

Review of BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No 32 LIGETI Etudes Books 1 & 2

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No 32 LIGETI Etudes Books 1 & 2

Among younger piano personalities breaking through the international scene, Jeremy Denk has garnered attention for ambitious recital programmes juxtaposing Ives’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2012

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Review of BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 30 - 32

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 30 - 32

Antti Siirala gets off to a strong start in Op 109’s first movement by virtue of his graceful phrasing and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2012

Review of BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 1

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 1

Freedom towards rhythm, passagework impulsively incautious, insight into music streaming through a unique combination of intellectual and emotional responses, and...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 08/2012

Review of BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations, Op 120

BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations, Op 120

Before launching into Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, Andreas Staier offers an overture of sorts. He commences with Anton Diabelli’s C major...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2012

Review of ARENSKY Suites for Two Pianos

ARENSKY Suites for Two Pianos

The 150th anniversary of the birth of Anton Arensky passed by all but unnoticed last year. To make amends, here...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2012

Review of 'Play it Again'

'Play it Again'

Trio Arbós has been nothing if not assiduous in its coverage of the piano trio repertoire and its new disc...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 08/2012

Review of Affetuoso

Affetuoso

Giovanni Antonio Piani (1678-1760) settled in Paris at the start of the 18th century, at a time when there was...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 08/2012

Review of CAGE String Quartet in Four Parts LIGETI String Quartet No 2

CAGE String Quartet in Four Parts LIGETI String Quartet No 2

The CD is illustrated with an image of the JACK Quartet posing like four of Reservoir Dogs’ renegade hotheads. This...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 08/2012


 

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