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DEBUSSY Études RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit (Joseph Moog)

The aesthetic and technical demands of Debussy’s Études and Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit represent a badge of honour, even...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2019

DEBUSSY Preludes (Ashkenazy)

A new recording by Ashkenazy as pianist is always newsworthy; but the real (re-)discovery here is his account of the...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 02/2019

CHOPIN Piano Sonata No 3 (Maurizio Pollini)

During the past two seasons, Pollini has toured with programmes that devoted ample space to Chopin. His victory at the...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 02/2019

CHAMINADE Piano Music (Mark Viner)

Contrary to what you might think, there have been several CDs devoted entirely to the piano music of Cécile Chaminade....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2019

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique (arr piano 4 hands)

The pianists write in their booklet accompanying this release that Jean-François Heisser made this transcription over 30 years ago. It...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2019

Jennifer Pike: The Polish Violin

This is – in the best possible sense – a high-calorie recital, and I wonder if the way it’s presented...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2019

He(a)r

Nordic Affect are a pioneering group of Icelandic women period-performance musicians with a keen interest in women composers, contemporary and...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2019

Rachel Barton Pine: Blues Dialogues

What a fascinating, beautiful disc. Rachel Barton Pine has borrowed the name from the four Blues Dialogues for unaccompanied violin...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2019

PIAZZOLLA Revolucionario; Neave Trio: Celebrating Piazzolla

Astor Piazzolla formed his first quintet in 1960, adding piano, guitar, violin and double bass to his bandoneón. It disbanded...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2019

PARRY Piano Trios Nos 1 & 3

Brahms, Schumann …it’s been too easy, over the long years of its relative neglect, to reach for obvious comparisons when...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2019

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