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CHOPIN Nocturnes and Impromptus

In this third volume of Chopin, Louis Lortie offers a bouquet of Nocturnes and Impromptus alongside the Third Sonata on...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2014

CHOPIN Etudes Opp 10 & 25

This legendary disc was made in 1959 when Ashkenazy, aged 22, suffered confinement behind the Iron Curtain. His early recordings...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2014

ALKAN Concerto for Solo Piano. Comme le vent

For Vincenzo Maltempo there are few reservations regarding Alkan’s genius. He admits that Alkan’s works, which range from the epic...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2014

Pohádka: Music for Cello and Piano

The principal draw here is David Geringas’s reflective and deeply affecting version of the third of Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, ‘Ich bin...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2014

Play: Works for cello and piano

The 20-year-old French cellist Edgar Moreau, silver medallist at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, launches his recording career with...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2014

POPPER Complete Suites for Cello

David Popper (1843-1913) was a Bohemian cellist whose work as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher was lauded all over...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2014

MENDELSSOHN Complete Works for Cello and Piano

Mendelssohn’s music for cello and piano runs the full gamut, from simple lyrical pieces to large-scale Beethovenian sonata structures. This...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 06/2012

MARTELLI String Quartets Nos 1&2

Anyone familiar with the repertory played by string quartets at weddings will have heard the clever and idiomatic popular song...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 06/2012

LOCKE The Broken Consort Part 1

The Wayward Sisters are an edgy new American ensemble specialising in Baroque music. Sisters in spirit maybe – their trusty...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 06/2014

KAGEL Piano Trios Nos 1-3

First off, it’s worth saluting this young trio for making its CD debut with music as non-commercial as this. The...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 06/2014

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