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WALKER Complete Piano Works Vols 1&2 (Alexandre Dossin)

Though the centenary of George Walker (1922-2018) a couple years ago brought a degree of belated recognition, the legacy of...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 12/2024

TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons (Bruce Liu)

The latest release by the Canadian pianist Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 Chopin Competition, is devoted to Tchaikovsky’s 1875...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2024

STEVENSON Piano Works (Peter Jablonski)

Among composer-pianists of his generation, Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015) was not so much an outlier as a throwback to another era....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2024

Schubert (Maurizio & Daniele Pollini)

Sometimes, a musician’s last recording (Dinu Lipatti’s Besançon recital is a prime example) brings with it an added poignance. Sometimes,...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 12/2024

D SCARLATTI A Man of Genius: Keyboard Sonatas (Francesco Corti)

It may look a little lazy of Francesco Corti to choose 16 Scarlatti sonatas with Kirkpatrick numbers in the early...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2024

LISZT Weihnachtsbaum (Waleczek. Viner )

Of the piano cycles Liszt composed during his 60s and 70s – including the third volume of Années de pèlerinage...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2024

The Leeds International Piano Competition 2024 Winner: Jaeden Izik-Dzurko

The 25-year-old Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko won the 2024 Leeds Competition, and as a memento of his victory, Warner has...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 12/2024

BRUCKNER Piano Works (Mari Kodama)

Thinking of Anton Bruckner, piano music may not be the first thing that comes to mind. There are nevertheless a...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2024

BRAHMS Early & Late Piano Works (Llŷr Williams)

I reviewed an impressive two-CD set of Schumann from this pianist (2/24), and the new release suggests an affinity for...

Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 12/2024

JS BACH Complete Toccatas (Christophe Rousset)

The early group of seven Toccatas has long been the domain of the virtuoso harpsichordist keen to engage with Bach’s...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2024

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