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PAGANINI Caprices (Alina Ibragimova)

In an interesting appendage to the main booklet note (an excellent essay on the Caprices by Jeremy Nicholas that has...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2021

MOZART Piano Sonatas, Vol 4 (Peter Donohoe)

Great music can take many different interpretations. But there are times when a distinguished artist seems to have wandered into...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2021

MENDELSSOHN Complete Piano Music, Vol 5 (Howard Shelley)

Howard Shelley has been on a winning streak with his Mendelssohn odyssey and the penultimate volume lives up to previous...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 06/2021

FRANCK Trois Pieces. Trois Chorals (Pétur Sakari)

When it comes to the organ music of César Franck, we are spoilt for choice; there is not so much...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 06/2021

JS BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (Aaron Pilsan)

There are myriad good things to say about this album. Take the crystalline execution of the Fugue in D, BWV850:...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 06/2021

JS BACH 'Nostalghia' (Francesco Piemontesi) 'Spira, spera' Transcriptions (Emmanuel Despax)

The best piece of advice I ever got when starting out as a broadcaster was from the great Michael Oliver,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2021

History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vols 1-3 (The Brahms Trio)

These three discs recorded by The Brahms Trio are sure to make some listeners ask: ‘What is Russian in this...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 06/2021

Sonatas for Three Violins (Ensemble Diderot)

The Baroque era was especially good at publishing works under titles that gave no hint of the treasures enclosed within...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2021

Festmusik: A Legacy

In his fascinating booklet note essay, David Gordon-Shute, Onyx Brass’s tuba player, explains how an envelope containing a small collection...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 06/2021

MARAIS Troisieme Livre de Pieces de Viole (Francois Joubert-Caillet)

When I reviewed the Deuxième livre back in January 2020, I toyed with the idea of listening to it every...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 06/2021

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