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JS BACH Complete Works for Keyboard Vol 2 (Benjamin Alard)

In 1700, the 15-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach left behind his native Thuringia and travelled to Luneberg, in the north of...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2019

CPE BACH Abschied (Vittorio Forte)

For his new Odradek recording, the Calabrian pianist Vittorio Forte has chosen a programme of fantasies, rondos and variations written...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2019

Out of Italy

One of the many pleasures of this recording of Italian music for Baroque cello is hearing Beiliang Zhu play student/teacher...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 07/2019

London, Circa 1700: Purcell & his Generation (La Rêveuse)

To my ears there’s a subtle French perfume lingering over the opening to this Restoration London-themed programme from La Rêveuse;...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2019

From the Ground Up: The Chaconne

Hugo Ticciati clearly delights in the elusive. His biography, unlike those of his colleagues, does not mention a single orchestra...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 07/2019

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Complete Works for Viola and Piano

This latest anthology from those enterprising folk at Albion Records launches in fine style with the endearingly personal Suite that...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2019

TRAPANI Waterlines

Christopher Trapani is one of America’s musical prospects. Still in his thirties (just about), Trapani has studied at IRCAM, the...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 07/2019

SHOSTAKOVICH; STRAUSS Violin Sonatas (Franziska Pietsch)

Prokofiev concerto couplings are two a penny these days yet Franziska Pietsch caused something of a stir with her recent...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 07/2019

SAINT-SAËNS Piano Quintet. String Quartet No 1

Saint-Saëns was barely out of his teens when he wrote his only Piano Quintet (1855) – an attractive work, even...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2019

JANÁCEK; LIGETI String Quartets (Belcea Quartet)

It is still well within living memory that Janáček’s two string quartets gave up their cult status to become pillars...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2019

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