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BERLIN 1923 - Beethoven & Schulhoff: Piano Concertos (Herbert Schuch)

A decade ago Herbert Schuch recorded Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with the WDR SO, coupling it with the Piano Concerto...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2024

Behzod Abduraimov: Shadows of My Ancestors

Visual art and literature are at the core of the three piano cycles featured on Behzod Abduraimov’s latest solo release...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2024

Perseverance

Two things are likely to strike you listening to ‘Perseverance’, Marcus Eley’s new release of African American chamber music. First...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 02/2024

WEININGER All is Mere Breath

The Empire City Men’s Chorus deliver a poignant and powerful rendition of Nicholas Weininger’s nine-movement cantata, a heartfelt homage to...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 02/2024

MIKHASHOFF Songs and Dances

Yvar Mikhashoff (1941 93) was best known as a pianist who championed contemporary music in big ways. He thought nothing...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2024

GLANCEY Ashes to Impulse

The road towards recognition has been a somewhat slow and circuitous one for Gregory T Glancey. Indeed, one of the...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 02/2024

Diana Damrau: Operette - Wien, Berlin, Paris

Operetta recitals by star soloists have a long, if patchy, pedigree. Now Diana Damrau steps up, and it needs to...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2024

WAGNER Siegfried (Rattle)

Individual elements of this Siegfried live up to the high standards set by the previous instalments of the BRSO/Rattle concert...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2024

RIMSKY KORSAKOV Christmas Eve (Weigle)

It’s the night before Christmas, and while the villagers of Dikanka gossip and drink vodka, the Devil is up to...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2024

DONIZETTI La Favorite (Frizza)

Filmed at the 2022 Donizetti Festival in Bergamo, this new Favorite is at once imperfect and significant: imperfect because there...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2024

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