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RZEWSKI The People United Will Never Be Defeated

In addition to Daan Vandewalle’s impressive credits as a new-music pianist, he has a natural inclination towards big projects such...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2017

MOZART Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 & 14

I much enjoyed William Youn’s previous volume of Mozart (1/17) and this latest disc by the Korean-born, Munich-based pianist is...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2017

FELDMAN For Bunita Marcus

Suggesting that Morton Feldman CDs ought to be ‘listened to at a much lower level than usual’ is foolhardy. Feldman...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 09/2017

CHOPIN The Complete Mazurkas (Joanna MacGregor)

Joanna MacGregor is a pianist who never fails to surprise, and the complete Chopin mazurkas has become a recital favourite...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2017

CHOPIN Études Opp10 & 35

Setting off on Op 10, you get the impression that Amir Katz is a man in a hurry, dragging Chopin’s...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2017

BRAHMS; DVOŘÁK; GRIEG Music for Piano Four Hands

These are two distinguished artists so I hesitate to say it, but this recording made me extremely grumpy. For a...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2017

BEETHOVEN Bagatelles Op 126 SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze

Winner of the 2016 Cleveland and 2007 Paderewski Competitions, as well as a finalist in the 2013 Cliburn, the Russian...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2017

Olga Peretyatko: Russian Light

After a couple of albums of bel canto arias, Olga Peretyatko is on home soil for ‘Russian Light’. Her journey...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 09/2017

VERDI Il Trovatore (von Karajan)

Il trovatore, a brief note accompanying this reissue from the Vienna Staatsoper in 1978 reminds us, was one of Karajan’s...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2017

VERDI Aida (Solti)

It’s interesting to listen to this Aida again after the arrival in 2015 of Warner Classics’ new studio recording under...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2017

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