Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
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Hopkinson Smith : Mad Dog
The American lutenist Hopkinson Smith was born in 1946. This beautiful album of lute works melancholy and spry was recorded...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 09/2017
Luiza Borac: Inspirations and Dreams
Today’s foremost champion of her compatriot George Enescu (1881-1955) begins with three of his early works, new to CD but...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2017
Dreams & Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar
It’s no coincidence that the two 20th-century classical guitarists most successful in encouraging composers to write for their instrument, and...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 09/2017
American Recital Vol. 2: Ulrich Roman Murtfeld
Ulrich Roman Murtfeld commences his second release devoted to American piano music with Alexander Reinagle’s charming two-movement D major Sonata....
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2017
Leff Pouishnoff: The Complete 78rpm and Selected Saga LP Recordings
You know you’re getting on a bit when record labels start issuing as ‘historic’ recordings which you bought when they...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2017
WIDOR Solo Organ Works
As a postscript to his recordings of the complete symphonies, Joseph Nolan has mopped up the last crumbs of Widor’s...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 09/2017
F WALEY-COHEN Permutations
Tamsin Waley-Cohen has built up a wide-ranging discography for Signum and now turns to the music of her sister Freya...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2017
SCHUMANN Carnaval
Studio Odradek is an audibly small, acoustically controlled space where the instrument is a (2008) Steinway Model B. To some...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2017
SATIE Piano Music Vol 2
If Erik Satie was championed by Debussy and Cocteau during his lifetime, popular fascination with this French iconoclast can credibly...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2017
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
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Review - William Christie: The Complete Erato Recordings
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
A buyer's guide to first-time record players
The tabletop ‘music centre’ may be just a distant memory, but where do you start when you want to...
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'This is a treasure trove of information, thoroughly recommended'
Review - Jorge Bolet: Complete Decca Recordings
Tim Parry explores the legacy of Jorge Bolet’s Decca recordings
Box-set Round-up: March 2025 (Edith Farnadi, Aline van Barentzen, Christine Walevska)
Rob Cowan on collections devoted to two pianists, a cellist and a composer
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