Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
With a discography including two volumes of Haydn (Naxos), the piano trios of Saint-Saëns (Guild, 11/14) and newer works by...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2022
Piano-accompanied performances of all of Mozart’s violin sonatas are surprisingly few and far between. Most duos – perhaps wisely –...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2022
An intriguing detail in the booklet note tells us that Thomas Lupo (1571-1627) was paid 40 marks in 1621 to...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 07/2022
He may remain best known through his works for brass band but Edward Gregson (b1945) has amassed a substantial and...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2022
Some themes seem more alluring on paper than in reality, and the linking of three quite disparate sound worlds and...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2022
‘One of my favourite things about performing Beethoven’s complete cycle of sonatas for cello and piano is that in five...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2022
‘The Guv’nor’ of movie music is quick to acknowledge those who have inspired him – composers and performers alike –...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2022
Andris Nelsons has just completed his Bruckner symphony cycle with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and has nearly reached the end of...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2022
Here’s the concluding instalment in Mark Elder’s Vaughan Williams symphony cycle on the Hallé’s own label, its release – and...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2022
Active as a composer until his late nineties, Jenő Takács enjoyed a creative career almost as long as that of...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2022
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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WiiM Ultra/VibeLink Amp: an ultra-compact take on the ‘just add speakers’ system, this affordable...
‘With Karajan controlling everything, would Large cave in and take what amounted to a secretarial...
‘Yudina really was a “symbol of nonconformism” among Soviet musicians, dressed like a nun and in the...
Mark Pullinger leafs through an idiosyncratic selection from Erato’s Bizet back catalogue
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