Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
The austerity of presentation as favoured by the Another Timbre label is doubtless intended to place emphasis wholly on the...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2015
‘Le rossignol éperdu’ is to Hahn what Lieder ohne Worte is to Mendelssohn and Lyric Pieces to Grieg. It is...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2015
From a renowned champion and award-winning interpreter of the north German Baroque repertory, it comes as something of a shock...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2015
William Faulkes (1863-1933), a near contemporary of Elgar and a fine concert organist in his own right, spent most of...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2015
Ex-Curtis and Juilliard, Andrew Tyson won fifth prize at the 2012 Leeds Competition. And now he enters a crowded arena...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2015
Modern pianists who try to imitate the great Romantic keyboard giants often wind up sounding like caricatures of the real...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2015
Sarah Beth Briggs sandwiches Chopin between Debussy, an appropriate setting when you consider Debussy’s love of Chopin. Not only did...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 03/2015
As with the three string quartets, it is an interesting exercise to listen to all three of Britten’s cello suites...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2015
The Italian composer Angelo Michele Bartolotti, who died sometime after 1668 and who was closely associated with the court of...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2015
Jean Rondeau’s programme largely consists of Bach works for other instruments, transcribed for harpsichord by the composer and others. Rondeau...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2015
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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