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BRAHMS Complete Liebeslieder Walzer. Hungarian Dances

Brahms’s hearty Liebeslieder Waltzes offer two distinct experiences: soloists relaxing with charming, intelligent music without great technical demands, and choruses...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2022

Barbara Hannigan: Sehnsucht - Berg & Mahler

Has anyone else directed Mahler’s Fourth Symphony while singing the finale from the podium? Surely not … but the present...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2022

Rarities of Piano Music from the 2021 & 2022 Festivals at Schloss vor Husum

The annual album of piano rarities from the previous year’s eponymous festival in Husum is always cause for celebration. Dedicated...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2022

Bach and Expression (Daniel Moult, Martin Schmeding)

In my youth, senior organists who had grown up in the pre-war era would often enquire apropos a player in...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2022

Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Tamara Stefanovich : Visions

The majestic textural landscape, rich harmonic palette, wide dynamic contrasts and cosmic breadth characterising Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen best lend...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2022

Joby Burgess: A Percussionist's Songbook

Listening to percussionist Joby Burgess is like a musical shot in the arm. His recordings are so full of vibrant...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 12/2022

Duo Solo: Bach, Kodály, Ligeti & Folk Songs (Astrig Siranossian)

Kodály’s Solo Cello Sonata has led a charmed life on disc, from János Starker’s inspirational recordings of the 1950s (Nixa,...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2022

Vincent Lardaret: The Scriabin Mystery

Vincent Larderet enters the Scriabin 150th-birthday sweepstakes with a judicious overview of works spanning the composer’s creative lifespan. Expansive and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2022

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas, D537, 568 & 664 (Paul Lewis)

For the last instalment of his Schubert survey, recorded over 20 years, Paul Lewis has chosen three earlyish sonatas. The...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 12/2022

MOZART Complete Piano Sonatas (Mao Fujita)

Sony likes to make a splash with its new signees – remember Igor Levit’s last five Beethoven sonatas (11/13) or...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2022

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