Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
Hearing the Prokofiev sonatas in chronological order is always a fascinating exercise, as the enthusiastically embraced Scriabin influences of No...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2021
The 26-year-old Naples-born pianist Pier Carmine Garzillo, who did advanced studies at the universities La Sapienza in Rome and Alfonso...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2021
There is no shortage of fine modern players capable of making magic out of Bach’s works for unaccompanied violin. Alina...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2021
This is Rinaldo Alessandrini’s third solo harpsichord album, following the mixed-genre ‘Alla maniera italiana’ (5/00) and a disc of preludes...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2021
The lockdown world has compelled musicians to come up with projects aimed for spiritual uplift. That’s precisely the premise behind...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2021
Artistry of a high order from this gifted young Swedish virtuoso, and further proof that his dazzling debut album pairing...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2021
George Gershwin as seen through the eyes of Benny Goodman is vividly captured on this impressive recording of arrangements by...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 05/2021
It’s no exaggeration to say ‘Hallgató’ turns the outsider experience inside-out, creating an alt-alterity by deftly bringing together Hungarian, Jewish,...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 05/2021
In 2013 Ivan March wrote enthusiastically of ‘Vocalise’, the young LSO principal flautist Adam Walker’s debut recital disc accompanied by...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2021
Founded in 2018 by Adam Walker to explore the chamber repertory for wind instruments, the Orsino Ensemble are joined for...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2021
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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