The Young Schumann (Charles Owen)
Charles Owen delivers a masterful Schumann, from the dazzling clarity of the Abegg Variations to the characterful contrasts of Carnaval, in a recording that ranks among the finest
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Busoni (Peter Donohoe, Karl Lutchmayer)
Donohoe’s huge sonorities, as well as his clean, precise articulation, ability to clarify complex textures and unerring sense of pulse and rhythmic propulsion are always remarkable
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum 2023 (various)
A treasure trove of piano rarities, the 2023 Husum Festival recording shines a light on forgotten gems, from Sterndale Bennett to Sophie Menter.
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 3 Op 30 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2 Op 16 (Josu de Solaun)
Josu de Solaun delivers a technically commanding but breathless Rachmaninov Third and a driven, theatrical Prokofiev Second
Carnaval (Edna Stern)
Edna Stern captures Schumann’s kaleidoscopic Romanticism with performances that feel ‘live’ and deeply personal, bringing a fresh and endearing quality to well-loved works
Beethoven Three Piano Sonatas Op 2 (Robert Prosseda)
Prosseda’s prolonged contact with the instrument and his profound knowledge of its idiosyncrasies enable him to exploit its quirks and discontinuities rather than trying to paper over them
Stephen Hough: Piano Concerto ‘The World of Yesterday’ – Partita – Sonatina nostalgica (Sir Stephen Hough)
The Tarantella appassionata finale abounds in rhythmic displacements and off-beat accents that keep the listener guessing, plus excitingly rapid concertante-like interplay
Glass Complete Piano Etudes (Máire Carroll)
Carroll’s playing on this well-engineered album serves Glass’s aesthetic with sincere and masterly integrity
Beethoven Piano Sonatas – No 3 in C, Op 2 No 3; No 29 in B flat, ‘Hammerklavier’, Op 106 (Marc-André Hamelin)
Hamelin offers a freshness that few can summon in such familiar music
‘My American Story – North’ (Daniil Trifonov)
Trifonov understands the lean, intensely concentrated sound world of Copland’s Piano Variations and gives one of its best performances on record
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 1 in C, Op 1 (Alexandre Kantorow)
Few pianists possess such storming rhetorical mastery, an innate sense of poetry and unwavering musical assurance
Bruckner Piano Works (Mari Kodama)
Mari Kodama brings it to life in a fiery performance. In the G major Fantasie we glimpse the mature creator, not the Bruckner sound we all love (or hate)
Grigory Sokolov: Purcell & Mozart
Eschewing his former glory as a Russian virtuoso with repertoire to match, today he turns to music more notable for its inwardness, his vast technical resource fined down to playing of rare delicacy,...
Review - Eloquence box-sets: a library of lost gems
Jonathan Dobson digs for treasure in two box-set collections of mostly obscure recordings from the Westminster, American Decca and Deutsche Grammophon catalogues
Review - Sir András Schiff’s complete Decca recordings
David Threasher welcomes a celebratory box of Sir András Schiff’s complete Decca recordings
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