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Thomas Trotter: From Palaces to Pleasure Gardens

Think 18th-century organ music and the chances are you think Bach, Buxtehude and a host of other north Germanic composers...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: AW2019

William Murdoch: The complete Columbia solo electrical recordings

William Murdoch’s name does not readily come up in discussions about great pianists active in the 20th century’s first half,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW2019

PROKOFIEV Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet (Dzmitry Ulasiuk)

Dzmitry Ulasiuk is young pianist based in Forth Worth, Texas, with numerous competition prizes to his credit, and, more importantly,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW2019

MOZART Piano Sonatas (David Fung)

In this first instalment of a complete cycle of Mozart’s piano sonatas, the Australian pianist David Fung seems to believe...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW2019

MONIUSZKO Opera songs for piano (Cyprien Katsaris)

Moniuszko? ‘Opera Songs for Piano’? Really? And then a dim light flickers, a quick google confirms – and, yes, there...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2019

LISZT Études d'exécution transcendante (Sheng Cai)

The Canadian pianist Sheng Cai studied at the Shanghai Conservatory in his native China before settling with his parents in...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW2019

GODOWSKY Symphonic Metamorphoses PADEREWSKI Variations and Fugue (Nelson Goerner)

Paderewski’s Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat minor have, I think, only made it on to...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2019

EL-KHOURY Piano Sonatas Nos 1-4 (Giacomo Scinardo)

Born in Beirut and based in Paris for more than four decades, Bechara El Khoury is in his early sixties...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW2019

Alexander Ffinch: Transformations

Alexander Ffinch has chosen to show off the newly restored organ of Cheltenham College Chapel with three heavyweight works, each...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: AW2019

COUPERIN Suites (Rinaldo Alessandrini)

It takes a special kind of pedantry to put square brackets round a single-word title on the cover artwork of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW2019

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