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Nicholas Phan: Illuminations

Nicholas Phan’s previous releases have shown him to be not only a fine singer but a fine programmer, too. His...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2018

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis (Suzuki)

Listening to this bright and honest Missa solemnis brings memories of the 1970s and early ’80s, when period-instrument bands and...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2018

JS BACH Consolatio (Cantatas)

Consolation is, of course, a prevalent conceit in Bach’s expressive armoury (as dictated by the cyclical requirements of the church...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 06/2018

Stewart Goodyear: For Glenn Gould

Many years ago I was hired to perform Beethoven’s C minor Variations with the Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2018

Feico Deutekom: Feico Solo

The 17 short pieces on pianist Feico Deutekom’s new disc are made of tiny cells that evolve through subtle repetition...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 06/2018

Pierce & Jonas: 20th Century Masterpieces

The vogue for piano duos that peaked in the mid-20th century resulted in a proliferation of concertos written for two...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2018

WIDOR Organ Symphony No 7 (Tarrant)

Organist Jeremy David Tarrant rightly claims Charles-Marie Widor’s Seventh Symphony to be ‘the apex of symphonic writing for organ’, a...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2018

REALE Chopin's Ghosts; Concerto 'Dies Irae'. Piano Sonatas Nos 7 & 8

Two new recordings of music by Paul Reale (b1943) on different labels confirm that the American composer deserves more attention....

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 06/2018

Past Made Present: Music of Jessica Krash

The intersection of past and present – past made present, as the disc’s title states – is nowhere more tellingly...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2018

JS BACH Solo Cello Suites (Webber; Skoraczewski)

All cellists, whether on modern or period instruments, operate at the same disadvantage when playing Bach’s six Solo Cello Suites....

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 06/2018

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