Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Notwithstanding the inclusion of Liszt’s first Valse oubliée, why call this smartly programmed collection ‘Forgotten Dances’ when the performances are...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2024
This corncucopia of light piano pieces from Paul Guinery will come as no surprise to many of us who followed...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2024
Of all the composers whom the great Andrés Segovia invited to infuse the classical guitar repertoire with fresh blood in...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2024
Bruce Liu’s new album of music by Satie raises important questions about the relationship between performer and instrument. Does the...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 10/2024
Charlotte Hu, previously known as Ching-Yun Hu, makes her first recording under her new name. It’s a Liszt recital combining...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 10/2024
Gaspard Le Roux is a relatively familiar presence among the French Baroque harpsichordist-composers, even if very little is known about...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2024
For her new Harmonia Mundi recording of Fauré, French pianist Aline Piboule plays four of the 13 Nocturnes and seven...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2024
To what extent are composers’ voices conditioned by the tone and character of the instruments for which they write? It’s...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 10/2024
In the press release of his third disc for Alpha, the French winner of the 2021 Queen Elisabeth Competition compares...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 10/2024
There’s arguably no such thing as a non-impactful opening to a Bach Solo Cello Suites recording. That said, the presence...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2024
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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