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Route 66: American Piano Music

Before discussing the music at hand, we need to address two incongruities. One: Shani Diluka calls her recital of 18...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2014

Stephen Hough: In the Night

A new disc from Stephen Hough is always welcome. How will he surprise us this time and where will he...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2014

Geringas plays Bach Plus

David Geringas is very much of the school of his teacher Rostropovich when it comes to the Bach Suites: the...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2014

Vadym Kholodenko plays Rachmaninoff & Medtner

For his first solo disc after winning the Gold Medal at the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition last year,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2014

Tamar Beraia: Portrait

For her debut album, Tamar Beraia, a 27-year-old Georgian pianist, offers a richly comprehensive programme. Her quicksilver brilliance lends a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2014

REGER Organ Works Vol 14

As the song says, ‘Nice and easy does it’, except that for those who perform Reger’s organ music, assessing relevant...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 06/2014

PROKOFIEV Piano Pieces. Sarkasms. Piano Sonata No 4

Evgenia Rubinova’s wide-ranging recital commences with the Op 12 Pieces, composed when Prokofiev was 15, their balletic charms already spiced...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2014

PAGANINI 24 Caprices

How on earth does one transfer Paganini’s Op 1, a vade mecum of idiomatic violin pyrotechnics, to the flute? Though...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2014

LISZT Verdi Paraphrases and Free Transcriptions

Odradek is a non-profit artist-controlled label that gives all proceeds to the artist after production and distribution costs are recuperated....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2014

CHOPIN Ballades

For the second volume in her Chopin series, the young French pianist Hélène Tysman focuses on the Ballades, interweaving them...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2014

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