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GLINKA Complete Piano Works 1: Variations

Tchaikovsky’s judgement that Glinka was the acorn from which the oak of Russian music grew rests on the orchestral Kamarinskaya...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2017

DEBUSSY; HOSOKAWA Etudes

As with her 2013 ECM solo debut (1/14), Momo Kodama’s follow-up for the label aims to bridge cross-cultural influences between...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017

CZERNY Organ Music

Poor Carl Czerny! Despite his pivotal position, being both a pupil of Beethoven and a teacher of Liszt, his reputation...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 04/2017

CHOPIN 4 Ballades. Piano Sonata no 2

Angela Brownridge’s robust and colourful pianism will quickly quash anyone’s mental image of Chopin as weak and tubercular. However, like...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017

CHOPIN Preludes Op 28. Piano Sonata No 2

Julien Brocal’s recordings of Chopin’s Op 28 Preludes and Op 35 Sonata reveal a sensitive and talented pianist before us,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2017

LISZT-BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3

While Liszt’s solo piano arrangements of Beethoven’s symphonies frequently and impressively conjure up orchestral grandeur, the piano-writing is idiomatic and...

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JS BACH Das wohltemperirte Clavier

This project has clearly been a labour of love for Robert Costin, and one admires his consistently excellent playing. Any...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 04/2017

Tides of Life

This album reflects a tour undertaken by Thomas Hampson and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, for which several new string-orchestra arrangements of...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2017

Orpheus’ Noble Strings

A day in the life of Orpheus – lutenist, lover and plaything of the gods – is the elegant conceit...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2017

Theatre Of The Ayre: The Masque of Moments

The brainchild of lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, ‘The Masque of Moments’ draws together songs, dances and ensembles from Campion, Johnson, Lawes...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2017

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