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La Passione: Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven (Christina Landshamer)

The furtive, conspiratorial opening of the Haydn overture promises buffo merriment. Jollity, though, is short-lived. From Haydn’s tragic Scena di...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW22

Evgeny Kissin: The Salzburg Recital

The early post-pandemic concerts enjoyed some of the best and best-behaved audiences. Apart from the collective thirst for live music,...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW22

John Robinson: Laus Deo

What better way to mark the half-century celebration of Blackburn Cathedral’s groundbreaking and iconic JW Walker instrument of 1969 than...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: AW22

Jonathan Swensen: Fantasia - Works For Solo Cello

This Champs Hill recital disc is a piece of the prize package for the Windsor Festival International String Competition, which...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW22

Lang Lang: The Disney Book

Once upon a time in a distant land many years ago, a small boy was given a piano by his...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW22

SCHUMANN Carnaval. Fantasie. Mondnacht (Emile Naoumoff)

It was once common for pianists to couple Schumann’s Carnaval and C major Fantasie on disc – Abbey Simon, Robert...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW22

SAINT-SAËNS Transcriptions (Cyprien Katsaris)

The centenary of the death of Camille Saint-Saëns passed by relatively unnoticed by broadcasters and concert promoters. As far as...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW22

Josefine Opshal: Atrium

Josefine Opsahl’s music resides in the zone where genre borders break down. Her aesthetic has aspects in common with groups...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: AW22

LUTYENS Piano Music, Vol 2 (Martin Jones)

Given the new-found urgency in the promotion of female composers, it would be unfortunate if those of earlier generations did...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW22

CAGE Four Walls (Alexei Lubimov)

Alexei Lubimov was banned from leaving the Soviet Union in his youth after premiering Western avant-garde music – of which...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: AW22

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