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Aline Van Barentzen: Her earliest recordings

Belying her name, Aline van Barentzen (1897-1981), whom some sources say was a grand-niece of Carl Maria von Weber, was...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

SCARLATTI Sonatas, Vol 2 (Federico Colli)

For his second volume of what is evidently shaping towards a complete survey of all 555 Scarlatti sonatas, the 2012...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 04/2020

MOZKOWSKI Piano Works (Etsuko Hirose)

Paderewski famously said of Moszkowski that ‘after Chopin, [he] best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

Amir Katz: Hommage A Liszt

In only a few of the 25 separate titles here does the Israeli pianist Amir Katz (b1973) fall short of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

The Complete Organ Works of Sir William Harris (Daniel Cook)

William Henry Harris (1883-1973) is best remembered today for his Anglican church music and, even then, for really just one...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2020

CHOPIN Preludes SCHUMANN Ghost Variations (Eric Lu)

‘In the end, it boils down to – would you want to hear this pianist again?’ So said Paul Lewis,...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 05/2020

CHOPIN Ballads & Impromptus (Charles Richard-Hamelin)

The four Ballades are frequently programmed together on record, the four Impromptus less so and, though it is not my...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

Seong-Jin Cho: The Wanderer

Apparently everything needs a title these days. Superficially ‘The Wanderer’ might appear to relate rather more closely to the Schubert...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2020

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Op 31 (Andreas Staier)

The greatest crisis of Beethoven’s life came in 1802, and was expressed in his heartfelt Heiligenstadt Testament. But he was...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2020

JS BACH Harpsichord Works (Vinikour)

The American harpsichordist Jory Vinikour has been working his way through the core repertoire for his instrument – the complete...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2020

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