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The Percussion Universe of Axel Borup-Jørgensen

Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924-2012) will be a name unfamiliar to many, though this Danish composer left a substantial body of work...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2014

BIGHAM Culebra

Ned Bigham is a Scottish composer new to me, who eschews serialism and dissonant modernity, although he does not shirk...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 09/2014

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 5, Emperor

This is a Beethoven Fifth with a difference. First we get it as you’d expect it, with Katsaris taking the...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2014

Ivan Ilić: The Transcendentalist

At a time when virtually everything is available on CD, many pianists search for something both different and enlightening. For...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 09/2014

Khatia Buniatishvili: Motherland

At her London recital in June, Khatia Buniatishvili played a second half of virtuoso works (Chopin, Ravel, Stravinsky) that bordered...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2014

WHITLOCK Organ Sonata

You may think that Percy Whitlock might not have been the most likely composer to produce a successful organ solo...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 09/2014

VIERNE Organ Sympoinies Nos 5 & 6

This third volume concludes Hans-Eberhard Ross’s magisterial survey of Vierne’s six organ symphonies, recorded in 2013 on his ‘home’ organ,...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 09/2014

TRICOLI Miseri Lares

When he plays live, Valerio Tricoli’s beanpole frame is concealed behind a bank of plugged-in hardware: multiple tape machines, loudspeakers...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 09/2014

TCHAIKOVSKY Grande Sonata. The Seasons

Alexander Paley has taken the Russian repertoire to heart. His earlier issue of Balakirev’s complete piano works (Brilliant, 5/11) is...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 09/2014

STANFORD Organ Works Vol 2

Like buses that turn up together, so this second volume of Stanford’s organ works comes out at much the same...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 09/2014

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