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D'INDY Médée. Karadec Suite. Saugefleurie

Rarely heard in the concert hall, d’Indy’s characterful and richly scored music is heavily reliant on recordings for its continued...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2019

CRAMER Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5 (Howard Shelley)

Howard Shelley and the London Mozart Players are no strangers to Johann Baptist Cramer, having recorded the Mannheim-born, London-raised composer/pianist/entrepeneur’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2019

CHOPIN Piano Concertos (Richard-Hamelin)

In the wake of Charles Richard-Hamelin’s second prize at the 2015 competition in Warsaw, the Chopin Institute released an impressive...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2019

BRIAN Symphonies Nos 7 & 16 (Walker)

The inspiration behind Havergal Brian’s Seventh Symphony (completed in 1948 and, clocking in at nearly 40 minutes, the last of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2019

JS BACH Concertos for Pianos

It was only recently that the first complete edition of Bach’s multiple keyboard concertos played on modern instruments came our...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2019

AZMEH Uneven Sky

Damascus-born and New York-domiciled, Kinan Azmeh enjoys a formidable reputation as a clarinettist and composer. Among his own works, Suite...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2019

ALFVÉN Complete Symphonies Vol 2

As in its predecessor (6/18), there’s more hard labour on display in this attractive second volume of Łukasz Borowicz’s cycle...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2019

Louiza Borac: Mozart In Love

Perhaps a better title here would be ‘In love with Mozart’. The programme is designed around various responses to Mozart’s...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 07/2019

Il cembalo transalpino: Music from the Fitzwilliam Collection (Sophie Yates)

Read carefully. This is not a disc of music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book – the giant manuscript of keyboard...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2019

Christina and Michelle Naughton: American Postcard

Most pianophiles, I suspect, have longstanding favourites among piano ensembles. As a child I was smitten with Vronsky and Babin,...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2019

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