Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
Polish piano music, for most of us, begins with Chopin (followed later by Paderewski and Szymanowski). The myriad other composers...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2023
His reputation as an exponent of period instruments well established, Tomasz Ritter follows his 2019 Chopin miscellany with this anthology...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2023
Having completed his Beethoven project, Ronald Brautigam now turns his attention to Schubert, and this, his first foray into his...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2023
It is well known that Rachmaninov made extensive cuts and adjustments to his First Piano Sonata, having consulted with its...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2023
In many respects, Angela Hewitt’s solo Mozart recordings represent a modern-day parallel to Walter Gieseking’s 1953 EMI cycle. Her playing...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2023
Here is a refreshingly entertaining disc from longtime piano partners Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva, now also co-directors of the...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 12/2023
In an interview included in the booklet notes, Florian Krumpöck discusses the importance of tone and resonance in relation to...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2023
Peter Jablonski concludes his survey of the Chopin Mazurkas with a release that matches the first volume (praised by Jed...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 12/2023
John Cage and Erik Satie never corresponded – the young American would only have been 12 years old when the...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 12/2023
Berio’s compositions for solo piano (two or four hands) make up a relatively small part of an output rich in...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2023
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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