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William Youn: Schumann, Schubert, Liszt

I’ve been enjoying William Youn’s way with Mozart’s keyboard sonatas and this latest recital is on a similar level. He...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2018

SCARLATTI Keyboard Sonatas (Rondeau)

It is said that soon after Domenico Scarlatti’s arrival in Lisbon in November 1719, the King’s younger brother recommended a...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2018

Reicha Rediscovered, Vol 2 (Ilić)

Patrick Rucker’s essential introduction to Reicha (in his review of ‘Reicha Rediscovered, Vol 1’ – 11/17) emphasised his roles not...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2018

GLASS Motion Picture

On the surface there’s not a lot to distinguish between these two discs. Both feature film music by Philip Glass...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 11/2018

DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque etc (Lugansky)

Finally the perfect illustration of what my Ukrainian teacher used to require for playing quiet passages: as if walking through...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2018

DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque etc (Lugansky)

Finally the perfect illustration of what my Ukrainian teacher used to require for playing quiet passages: as if walking through...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2018

Kenneth Hamilton: Preludes to Chopin

In his booklet notes, Kenneth Hamilton expresses a deep-rooted interest in Romantic performance traditions that purport to inform his Chopin...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2018

CHOPIN Ballades & Nocturnes (Leif Ove Andsnes)

The Andsnes brand comes with a number of cast-iron guarantees: superior clarity, strength and facility without showing off, superb grasp...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2018

JS BACH 'From Chester' and 'From London'

In some quarters it has now become distinctly unfashionable to even consider recording Bach’s organ music on instruments which don’t...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 11/2018

JS BACH Keyboard Works (Vikingur Olafsson)

Not exactly being a fan of Philip Glass’s music, this is the first time I’ve encountered Víkingur Ólafsson on disc,...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2018

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