Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
The Wrocław-based NFM Choir is no stranger to Bob Chilcott’s music, having previously recorded an acclaimed album of his a...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2023
Byrd’s later years are a fascinating time for Tudor music, and for his 400th anniversary Stile Antico dedicate a whole...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 03/2023
Around a decade ago, Chinese classical guitarist Xuefei Yang released a compilation album: ‘Sojourn: The Very Best of Xuefei Yang’....
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2023
This is a live recording of a concert given by Benjamin Alard on February 1, 2020, as part of a...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2023
The Études-tableaux were not made for performing or hearing as a cycle. They are too much for one half of...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 03/2023
Simon Proctor (b1959) is best known for music for rare instruments. His Concerto for Serpent (1987) featured at some of...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2023
At first one might describe Vassos Nicolaou’s 15 piano Études as elaborately detailed and structurally shipshape works that build upon...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2023
Some of my favourite repertoire features in this all-Mozart programme from Russian-born, Israel-settled Elena Bashkirova. There is plenty to admire...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 03/2023
Stephen Hough’s interest in Federico Mompou is longstanding, as evidenced by a 1998 album devoted to the Catalan composer’s music...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2023
With the (re-)discovery of women composers the hot topic de nos jours, it is quite mystifying that more pianists have...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2023
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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