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Review of SILVESTROV Melodies of Silence (Tomasz Kamieniak)

SILVESTROV Melodies of Silence (Tomasz Kamieniak)

Valentin Silvestrov’s output of piano miniatures during 2003 17 has often been remarked on while being easily misunderstood. Begun seemingly...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2020

Review of PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas Nos 3, 8 & 9 (Freddy Kempf)

PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas Nos 3, 8 & 9 (Freddy Kempf)

Freddy Kempf’s previous instalment of solo Prokofiev (with Sonatas Nos 1, 6 and 7 and some early works) in 2003...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 01/2020

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Review of Simon Trpceski: Tales from Russia

Simon Trpceski: Tales from Russia

One doesn’t necessarily have to know the plots or subtexts attached to these ‘Tales from Russia’ to appreciate their musical...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2020

Review of MOZART Piano Sonatas, Vol 2 (Jean Muller)

MOZART Piano Sonatas, Vol 2 (Jean Muller)

Jean Muller continues his series of Mozart piano sonatas, launched almost a year ago (4/19), when it came up against...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2020

Review of MENDELSSOHN Piano Works (Doomin Kim)

MENDELSSOHN Piano Works (Doomin Kim)

If you struggle to make some sort of sense of Doomin Kim’s new Warner Classics release of Mendelssohn’s solo piano...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2020

Review of BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 6 (James Brawn)

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 6 (James Brawn)

James Brawn continues his serious progress though the Beethoven sonatas, an MSR series which commenced in 2012, with Vol 6...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2020

Review of JS BACH Organ Works, Vol 1 (Peter Kofler)

JS BACH Organ Works, Vol 1 (Peter Kofler)

The first five-disc set of Peter Kofler’s projected complete Bach organ works series claims to make use of an innovative...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 01/2020

Review of JS BACH The French Suites (Alexandra Papastefanou)

JS BACH The French Suites (Alexandra Papastefanou)

For all the myriad appeal of the six French Suites and miscellaneous transcriptions of Alexandra Papastefanou’s new two-disc First Hand...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2020

Review of BEETHOVEN Complete String Quartets (Miró Quartet)

BEETHOVEN Complete String Quartets (Miró Quartet)

The Miró Quartet began their Beethoven cycle in 2004 with Op 18. I sat in on one of those recording...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2020

Review of Fretwork: In Nomine II

Fretwork: In Nomine II

Though Richard Boothby writes in the booklet notes that this ‘isn’t an anniversary’ of their first recording, ‘In nomine’ (Amon...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2020


 

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