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JS BACH Cantatas of Contentment

This release represents the end of an era, and not just the end of Bach Collegium Japan’s long-running series of...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2018

ALLAIN Choral Music

Half of the tracks on this splendid disc are premiere recordings. For his texts the English composer Richard Allain (b1965)...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2018

Rarities of Piano Music at Husum 2017

This year’s disc of highlights from last year’s 31st Husum Festival (2017) showcases nine pianists playing the works of some...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2018

Hélène Grimaud: Memory

Remember Lang Lang’s DG release entitled ‘Memory’ (7/06), mostly centred around repertoire evocative of childhood recollections? Hélène Grimaud’s latest DG...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2018

Frederick Lamond: Liszt & the complete electrical recordings

Of Liszt’s pupils, the Scottish pianist Frederic Lamond (1868-1948) was survived only by José Vianna da Motta, who died a...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2018

PAGANINI 24 Caprices (Lisa Jacobs)

It was surely only a matter of time before the Dutch violinist Lisa Jacobs recorded Paganini, after the assured, personality-rich...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2018

PADEREWSKI Sonata, Humoresques etc (Kevin Kenner)

There are at least three good reasons for investing in this fine recording. First, there is the prospect of hearing...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2018

LISZT New Discoveries Vol 4 (Leslie Howard)

This, incredibly, is the 100th CD of Liszt’s music for solo piano recorded by the indefatigable Leslie Howard for Hyperion....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2018

IVES Sonata No 2 'Concord Mass' (Rangell; Brylewski)

In the 80 years since John Kirkpatrick gave Ives’s Concord Sonata its first complete performance, the music has evolved from...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2018

CHOPIN Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (version for one piano) (Dina Yoffe)

For anyone who may have missed it, Poland is assuming a leadership position in the use of historical instruments by...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2018

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