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Franco Fagioli: Handel Arias

Back in 2004 a rising young countertenor released his first solo recording of arias by Handel and Mozart (Arte Nova,...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2018

BIZET Djamileh

The general consensus is that Bizet’s first mature work is a decent piece of music but not such a great...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2018

BELLINI Norma (Gamba)

Hot on the heels of Opus Arte’s release of the Royal Opera’s new Norma, given a guarded welcome by Neil...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2018

DEBUSSY Préludes (Barenboim; Pollini)

Daniel Barenboim’s first solo Debussy CD is not as new as it appears. The Préludes Book 1 comprise the soundtrack...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2018

Bach Unlimited

The concept behind Lise de la Salle’s ‘Bach Unlimited’ is to interweave music either written by or inspired by JS...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2018

Mark Hambourg: Encores & Rarities

Like APR’s earlier release of Hambourg’s complete Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies (1/06 – a gramophone first), this selection of 49 different...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2018

SZYMANOWSKI Piano Works Vol 4 & 5

Karol Szymanowski was neither one of the 20th century piano-virtuoso-composers on the model of Bartók or Prokofiev nor an ardent...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2018

RACHMANINOV Music for 2 Pianos

I began with Suite No 2 for no other reason than I felt like listening to something robust and bracing....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2018

PROKOFIEV; STRAVINSKY Transcriptions for Piano

In Stravinsky’s Three Movements from Petrushka, David Jalbert begins the ‘Russian Dance’ at a promising clip, only to slightly slow...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2018

KABALEVSKY Complete Piano Sonatas

Prognosticating the future reputation of a composer, particularly one who died as recently as 30 years ago, is always risky....

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2018

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