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BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Concertos (Lisiecki)

The Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki has been accorded a distinct honour by DG, the company for whom he has recorded...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2019

BARTÓK Violin Concerto No 2 (Skride)

Yet more formidable reportage of what’s surely one of the last century’s truly great concertos. Among the finest versions to...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2019

The John Adams Album

Kent Nagano and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal’s splendid new disc of John Adams presents three contrasting pieces in their...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2019

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Sonatas (Igor Levit)

Six years ago Igor Levit burst on to the recording scene, making his debut with Beethoven’s last five sonatas at...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW2019

La Gracieuse - Pièces de Viole by Marin Marais

It was many years ago in Dartington, the early music haven where the Devon air is infused with the song...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: AW2019

BRAUNFELS; PFITZNER The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 79

One key aspect of Pfitzner’s endlessly fascinating Piano Concerto that immediately strikes home is its harmonic richness, especially with respect...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW2019

Anamorfosi

In Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa may have woken up one morning to find that he had been transformed overnight into...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: AW2019

Veronika Dzhioeva: Ritorna vincitor!

Though it clocks it at just under an hour, there’s plenty of bang for your buck in this high-voltage recital...

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: AW2019

WEBER Oberon (Hofstetter)

How best to perform Oberon, Weber’s three-act Romantic opera crossed with Singspiel? It was originally sung in English, composed for...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW2019

RUDERS The Thirteenth Child

The Thirteenth Child (2016) is Poul Ruders’s fifth opera and the third issued on disc. After The Handmaid’s Tale (1998;...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW2019

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