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Alessio Bax: Forgotten Dances

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

Paul Guinery: Finger Prints

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

TORROBA La Voz de la Guitarra (Franz Halasz)

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

Waves: Music by Satie (Bruce Liu)

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

LISZT 'Metamorphosis' (Charlotte Hu)

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

LE ROUX Conversation: Suites for 2 Harpsichords

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

FAURÉ Nocturnes & Barcarolles (Aline Piboule)

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

DESSNER 'Solos'

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

CHOPIN Piano Sonata No 3 SZYMANOWSKI Variations (Jonathan Fournel)

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

JS BACH Solo Cello Suites (Henrik Dam Thomsen)

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

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