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Review of A-L COUPERIN Pièces de Clavecin (Christophe Rousset)

A-L COUPERIN Pièces de Clavecin (Christophe Rousset)

Armand-Louis Couperin was not the nephew of François Couperin, as is sometimes asserted in both historic and contemporary accounts of...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 12/2020

Review of CHOPIN Piano Works, Vol 6 (Louis Lortie)

CHOPIN Piano Works, Vol 6 (Louis Lortie)

A decade after the start of his Chopin series, for its sixth volume Louis Lortie offers another carefully arranged bouquet,...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 12/2020

Review of BALAKIREV Complete Piano Works, Vol 6 - Islamey and Beyond (Nicholas Walker)

BALAKIREV Complete Piano Works, Vol 6 - Islamey and Beyond (Nicholas Walker)

So the journey ends. A project that began back in 1994 has finally reached its conclusion with this sixth volume....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2020

Review of Tabea Zimmermann: Solo II

Tabea Zimmermann: Solo II

It was in 2009 that Tabea Zimmermann released the first two of Bach’s Solo Cello Suites alongside Reger’s three on...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2020

Review of BEETHOVEN Piano Trios (Smetana Trio; Trio Sōra)

BEETHOVEN Piano Trios (Smetana Trio; Trio Sōra)

When Beethoven decided in 1795 to announce himself to his adopted Vienna as a published composer, it was not with...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2020

Review of Nathan Meltzer: To Roman Totenberg

Nathan Meltzer: To Roman Totenberg

There’s every likelihood, were it not for his being highlighted as Gramophone’s One to Watch in the November issue, that...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2020

Review of The Mad Lover (Thomas Dunsford, Théotime Langlois de Swarte)

The Mad Lover (Thomas Dunsford, Théotime Langlois de Swarte)

Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Have you ever read such a fabulous name? And with fabulous playing to match, it’s a...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2020

Review of READ THOMAS The Auditions

READ THOMAS The Auditions

Augusta Read Thomas’s association with Nimbus has been crucial to expanding her recorded profile, and this eighth release provides an...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2020

Review of SCHUMANN String Quartets Op 41 (Emerson Quartet)

SCHUMANN String Quartets Op 41 (Emerson Quartet)

The Emerson Quartet mark their debut on Pentatone after a long association with DG with the three quartets of Schumann....

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2020

Review of SCHUBERT String Quartets Nos 4, 12 & 14 (Quatuor Arod)

SCHUBERT String Quartets Nos 4, 12 & 14 (Quatuor Arod)

In the mythic language of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Arod – the name given to Legolas’s horse –...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2020

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