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Haochen Zhang: Brahms, Liszt, Janáček and Schumann

Haochen Zhang first came to my attention through an excellent selection of live performances from the 2009 International Van Cliburn...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

SHOSTAKOVICH Preludes and Fugues Op 87

Although the American critic BH Haggin erred on the wrong side of history when he called Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

SCHUMANN Blumenstück. Davidsbündlertänze. Humoreske

A critic colleague wrote of a particularly flawless yet featureless interpretation that it had ‘all of the perfection of waxed...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit. Miroirs. Le tombeau de Couperin

Few pianists can claim a more impressive recording debut than Alexander Krichel’s masterful Liszt recital in 2011 (Telos/Profil). It was...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2017

LISZT Grandes études, S137

A bit of housekeeping: this disc is of the first concert versions (S137, from 1837) of the monumental Douze Études...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2017

LISZT Paganini Studies and Variations

The last time Wojciech Waleczek appeared in these pages was in May 2015, when he and violinist Voytek Proniewcz came...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2017

Ivana Gavrić: Chopin

Since they offer so little opportunity for display, it’s perhaps no surprise that the Mazurkas should be somewhat less favoured...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2017

BRAHMS Ballades and Fantasies

Pentatone has given Denis Kozhukhin a beautifully warm acoustic for this Brahms recording, setting his performances in the best possible...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2017

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 6: Moonlight

As Martin Roscoe crosses the halfway point towards completing his Beethoven sonata cycle for Deux-Elles, his poised and scrupulous playing...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations. Six National Airs

The number of pianists who have recorded memorable accounts of the Diabelli Variations is surprisingly small. Among long-established classic versions,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 05/2017

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