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PIPKOV Complete Piano Music, Vol 1 (Dobromir Tsenov)

Lyubomir Pipkov (1904-74) belongs to what is called the ‘Second Generation’ of Bulgarian composers, Pancho Vladigerov undoubtedly being the best...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2022

MOZART Complete Piano Sonatas (Robert Levin)

Robert Levin’s lifetime of immersion in the music of Mozart comes to fruition in this release, the complete piano sonatas,...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 11/2022

Jean-Baptiste Doulcet: Un Monde Fantastique

It’s quite the act of confidence to start off your debut recording with the Gounod/Liszt Faust Waltz. True, Jean-Baptiste Doulcet...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022

ELGAR Organ Sonatas. Vesper Voluntaries. Nimrod (Tom Winpenny)

Tom Winpenny’s new recording joins a fairly crowded field of excellent surveys of Elgar’s organ music. For several years Thomas...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 11/2022

DVORÁK Tone Pictures, Op 85 (Leif Ove Andsnes)

Dvořák’s 13 Poetic Tone Pictures (1889) have been recorded what is perhaps a surprising number of times. None of them...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2022

DEBUSSY Piano Duets (Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier)

The selling-point of this enterprisingly programmed Debussy album is a newly designed concert grand from Bösendorfer – the 280 VC...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2022

DEBUSSY Early and late piano pieces (Steven Osborne)

Steven Osborne’s new Hyperion recording of Debussy is a veritable feast, consisting of the most delicate and delectable dishes served...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2022

DEBUSSY Piano Music (Esther Birringer)

Esther Birringer’s instincts for colour and nuance work well in Debussy’s music. Her approach to rhythm sometimes proves problematic. In...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022

PAPAÏOANNOU 24 Préludes pour piano (Cyprien Katsaris)

This is the first in what promises to be a series of Greek piano music from Cyprien Katsaris, and very...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2022

CHOPIN Mazurkas, Vol 1 (Peter Jablonski)

Peter Jablonski is no stranger to Chopin’s Mazurkas, having recorded the Opp 6, 24, 50 and 68 groups for a...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022

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