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FAURÉ Nocturnes (Theo Fouchenneret)

Thirty-year-old Théo Fouchenneret, a native of Nice, is a graduate of the conservatoires there and in Paris. His second recording...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2025

Jiayan Sun: Busoni and his Muses

Here’s a well-balanced recital showcasing Busoni’s keyboard creativity as transcriber and original composer. Pianist Jiayan Sun opens with Busoni’s edition...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2025

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade BORTKIEWICZ Thousand and One Nights (Etsuko Hirose)

Here’s a lovely programme idea: Rimsky-Korsakov’s familiar Sheherazade – ‘Suite symphonique d’après “Mille et une nuits”’ – paired with Bortkiewicz’s...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2025

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Op 2 (Roberto Prosseda)

The interests of Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda are wide-ranging and his energies seemingly endless. Earlier in his career he discovered...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2025

JS BACH Organ Works Vol 6 (Masaaki Suzuki)

In the latest instalment of his complete Bach survey, Masaaki Suzuki tackles the first 11 pieces from the so-called ‘Leipzig...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 01/2025

A Gift for your Garden: Telemann, Handel, Graun, Oswald

Here’s a sweet concept for an album: a celebration of the passion for botany – not simply gardening, but an...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2025

Irène Duval: Fauré and Friends

Two names new to me – but, from this showing, names of whom we shall be hearing much more in...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2025

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos 1-5 (Cuarteto Casals)

While it’s true that Shostakovich’s first five quartets were all written between the Purges and Stalin’s death (from 1938 to...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 01/2025

SCHUBERT String Quartet No 14 SCHIPHORST Sei gutes Muts ANDRE 7 Pieces for String Quartet

Schubert’s Death and the Maiden String Quartet, preceded by two new commissions written in response to it, one featuring recorder...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2025

NGWENYAMA Flow

Born in Los Angeles in 1976 of Zimbabwean and Japanese descent, Nokuthula Ngwenyama first came to prominence as a talented...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2025

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