Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations gets top billing here but the real prize is a thrillingly passionate performance of Chopin’s late Cello...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2024
‘The Frans Brüggen Project’ is a celebration of a significant part of the legacy of the late Dutch conductor and...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 12/2024
Following a previous pair of recordings, Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova undeniably hit her stride in the anthology ‘Piazzolla Reflections’ (3/21)...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2024
Set down piecemeal over four and a half years, this collection straddles boundaries but certainly merits a hearing. Its common...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2024
The Berlin Academy of Ancient Music’s sound is defined by its violins – slightly tart, vibrato-lite, with a pronounced ‘tick’...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2024
>Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their record label Alia Vox with Mendelssohn’s...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2024
Scarcely a month passes, it seems, without a new release from John Wilson. Whether in the role of sorcerer, illuminating...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2024
Frank Dupree here continues his cycle of Kapustin concertos with Nos 2 and 6, plus a sprinkling of fillers, nicely...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2024
First on this recent Channel Classics release the rare and hugely enjoyable four-movement suite from Jacques Ibert’s ‘choreodrama’ with chorus...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2024
On the surface of it Daniel Barenboim and the César Franck Symphony in D minor seem like natural bedfellows. If...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2024
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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‘Yudina really was a “symbol of nonconformism” among Soviet musicians, dressed like a nun and in the...
Mark Pullinger leafs through an idiosyncratic selection from Erato’s Bizet back catalogue
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