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SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No 19. Impromptus D935. Rondo D951 (Aimi Kobayashi)

Aimi Kobayashi is not a pianist who leaves details to chance. Although she’s hardly a micromanager or fussbudget, her propensity...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2025

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 784 & 894 (Young-Ah Tak)

South Korean native Young-Ah Tak made her recording debut in 2005 with works by Judith Lang Zamont (Albany). Since then,...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2025

SAINT-SAËNS Music for Two Pianos

The black-and-white cover photo of Pizarro and Troncanetti seems to say ‘couple of guys who like to have fun’. Pizarro...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2025

DE GAMBARINI Complete Works For Keyboard (Margherita Torretta)

Margherita Torretta will be a new name to many – this is the first time it has appeared in a...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2025

FAURÉ Complete Piano Works (Laurent Wagschal)

Laurent Wagschal’s complete survey of Fauré’s solo piano works has much to recommend it. In contrast to the luminescent cool...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2025

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

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