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Amir Katz: Hommage A Liszt

In only a few of the 25 separate titles here does the Israeli pianist Amir Katz (b1973) fall short of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

The Complete Organ Works of Sir William Harris (Daniel Cook)

William Henry Harris (1883-1973) is best remembered today for his Anglican church music and, even then, for really just one...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2020

CHOPIN Preludes SCHUMANN Ghost Variations (Eric Lu)

‘In the end, it boils down to – would you want to hear this pianist again?’ So said Paul Lewis,...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 05/2020

CHOPIN Ballads & Impromptus (Charles Richard-Hamelin)

The four Ballades are frequently programmed together on record, the four Impromptus less so and, though it is not my...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2020

Seong-Jin Cho: The Wanderer

Apparently everything needs a title these days. Superficially ‘The Wanderer’ might appear to relate rather more closely to the Schubert...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2020

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Op 31 (Andreas Staier)

The greatest crisis of Beethoven’s life came in 1802, and was expressed in his heartfelt Heiligenstadt Testament. But he was...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2020

JS BACH Harpsichord Works (Vinikour)

The American harpsichordist Jory Vinikour has been working his way through the core repertoire for his instrument – the complete...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2020

JS BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 (Schiff)

András Schiff’s penchant for cyclical programming started to reach Busonian proportions in the 21st century’s first decade, and hasn’t let...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2020

Two Lutes with Grace (Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer)

As Marc Lewon says in his note, the lute duet is the most easily documented ensemble from the 15th century;...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 04/2020

Phoenix Piano Trio: The Leipzig Circle

It’s interesting to see what can be achieved with a little bit of imaginative programming. It’s not too much of...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2020

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