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Review of CHILCOTT Canticles of Light

CHILCOTT Canticles of Light

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

Review of BYRD The Golden Renaissance

BYRD The Golden Renaissance

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

Review of Xuefei Yang: Guitar Favourites

Xuefei Yang: Guitar Favourites

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

Review of Benjamin Alard: The Couperin Family

Benjamin Alard: The Couperin Family

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

Review of RACHMANINOV Études-Tableaux (Nikolai Lugansky)

RACHMANINOV Études-Tableaux (Nikolai Lugansky)

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

Review of PROCTOR Virtuoso Piano Works (Tyler Hay)

PROCTOR Virtuoso Piano Works (Tyler Hay)

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

Review of NICOLAOU Etudes & Frames (Tamara Stefanovich)

NICOLAOU Etudes & Frames (Tamara Stefanovich)

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

Review of MOZART Sonatas & Fantasies (Elena Bashkirova)

MOZART Sonatas & Fantasies (Elena Bashkirova)

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

Review of MOMPOU Música callada (Stephen Hough)

MOMPOU Música callada (Stephen Hough)

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

Review of F MENDELSSOHN Das Jahr (Christina Bjørkøe)

F MENDELSSOHN Das Jahr (Christina Bjørkøe)

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


 

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