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Paderewski: The Complete Victor Recordings

Paderewski’s fame as a pianist was on a par with that of Liszt and Anton Rubinstein, a fact that has...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2016

WILLIAMSON Organ Music

With the exception of the Organ Symphony and the Vision of Christ-Phoenix, organists have shown little enthusiasm for the music...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 12/2016

SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus. Moments Musicaux

There’s surprisingly little solo Schubert in Lars Vogt’s discography, so this Ondine disc is welcome. What it reveals, however, is...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2016

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 16 & 19

It seems strange that my first thought on hearing Louis Schwizgebel’s Schubert was that it feels insufficiently Beethovenian – or...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2016

GILARDINO Sicilian Guitar Music

As the Italian guitarist, composer and musicologist Angelo Gilardino writes in his booklet-note, ‘I am not concerned about whether my...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 12/2016

FROBERGER 23 Suites for Harpsichord

One can sense Glen Wilson’s frustration when in the booklet-note for this release he directs us towards a more extensive...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2016

CHOPIN Complete Piano Sonatas

This new, well-filled disc from Joseph Moog, Gramophone’s 2015 Young Artist of the Year, gives us a chance to assess...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2016

BRAHMS Piano Sonata No 3

The centrepiece of Turin-born Gabriele Carcano’s debut recording of early Brahms is the mighty F minor Sonata, Op 5. He...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2016

JS BACH Six Keyboard Partitas

Technical polish, intelligent musicianship, well-reasoned tempi, and scrupulously executed ornaments characterise Charles Owen’s Bach Partitas, along with a rounded and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2016

Music for a Prussian Salon

Unless you’re a clarinet geek, the name Franz Tausch might not mean too much. He was an important clarinettist during...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 12/2016

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