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RACHMANINOV Piano Duos (Babayan; Trifonov)

This album of Rachmaninov’s two-piano music offers a winning mix of limitless pianism, deep knowledge and visionary boldness. Add to...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 05/2024

Debussy and Ravel for Two

A quick glance at the repertoire above and it seems to be a nice programme of well-known piano pieces by...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2024

CHOPIN Variations in B-Flat Major. Sonata in B-Flat Minor (Aleksandra Swigut)

Keeping track of the Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina’s ‘The Real Chopin’ period-instrument releases can be daunting, given the sheer volume...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2024

JS BACH Sonatas and Partitas (Franz Halász)

Fans of German guitarist Franz Halász’s take on Bach’s so-called Lute Suites (9/19) and his earlier recording of the three...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 05/2024

JS BACH Die Kunst der Fuge (Masaaki Suzuki)

Only weeks after, in reviewing Christophe Rousset’s recent Art of Fugue (Aparté, 1/24), I was saying how recordings of it...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 05/2024

Trio Lirico: Treasures

Two difficult rarities anchor this release. Most challenging is the first recording of Peter Eötvös’s 2020 Trio, written as a...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 05/2024

Daniel Hope: Dance!

We learn from Andrew Stewart’s first-rate booklet that Daniel Hope wanted to make a dance album 20 years ago. Concept...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2024

TARTINI Violin Sontatas (Adrian Chandler)

Well, what a treat this is. I can’t be the only one who finds themselves, whenever a fresh concerto recording...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2024

Suite Italienne: Vivaldi, Sollima, Stravinsky

The vitality of sound captured here by Linn is possibly the most attractive aspect of this album. It perfectly suits...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2024

SHOSTAKOVICH Complete String Quartets (Quatuor Danel)

The Shostakovich quartets have moved from the periphery to the centre of the repertoire without too much in the way...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2024

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