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GLASS The Complete Piano Etudes

Full of rapid scale like passages, sweeping arpeggios, syncopated rhythms and repeating patterns, Glass’s musical language seems custom built for...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 02/2015

Dorothea Röschmann: Portraits

Here is a portrait gallery of women in 19th-century German song, comprising two collections depicting Mignon (by Schubert and Wolf)...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 03/2015

Polyphonies oubliées

Fauxbourdon is often seen as polyphony’s poor relation, suitable only for congregational Mass settings or choirs with too little rehearsal...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2015

Christoph & Julian Prégardien: Father & Son

Prégardien père and fils have been performing together for several years and this disc of duets – some original, most...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2015

SVIRIDOV Hymns and Prayers

Sviridov’s work has slowly been making its presence felt in the West. Choral works turn up in anthologies with some...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2015

SCHUBERT Winterreise

In a note accompanying this new Winterreise with Jan Van Elsacker, the fortepianist and musicologist Tom Beghin asks what yet...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2015

MOMPOU Songs

Thanks to Stephen Hough and Arcadi Volodos, Mompou’s piano music has had its moments of glory in the Gramophone Awards....

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 03/2015

HODDINOTT Song Cycles and Folksongs

Alun Hoddinott’s prolific output hasn’t fared well on disc in recent years so it’s good to welcome these two CDs...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 03/2015

HANDEL Israel in Egypt

Handel’s first version of Israel in Egypt (1739) included a makeshift first part parodied from the anthem The ways of...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2015

BRITTEN; SCHUBERT Songs

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Wigmore Hall Live and the label has plenty to celebrate. Its latest disc,...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2015

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