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Yundi: Mozart - The Sonata Project

Here’s a pianist who once had all the hallmarks of a Chinese piano superstar: early success at a major competition...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 06/2024

LISZT B-Minor Sonata. Petrarch Sonnets. Valse oubliee no 2 (Nelson Goerner)

There are some albums submitted for review where just the mention of the pianist’s name guarantees a rewarding and insightful...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2024

GRIEG Holberg Suite. Ballade. Lyric Pieces (Andrey Gugnin)

For his fourth Hyperion album, Andrey Gugnin moves from Scriabin, Godowskian associates and Shostakovich to Grieg, where his stylistic and...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2024

DEBUSSY; KOMITAS 'Music in Time of War'

This recording originated in Kirill Gerstein’s pandemic study of Debussy’s Études, but it’s also grounded in his recognition that we...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 06/2024

Janne Mertanen: 'Chopin'

When seemingly unusual details emerge from an interpretation of a thrice-familiar work, it’s often because the performer is taking certain...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2024

JS BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Masato Suzuki)

There is nothing extravagant, idiosyncratic or exceptional about this recording except its infallible good taste. Harpsichordist Masato Suzuki, who serves...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2024

JS BACH Keyboard Partitas (Martin Helmchen)

It is still relatively rare these days for established mainstream pianists to fall for an old instrument hook, line and...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 06/2024

Rachel Podger: The Muses Restor’d

Handel, Lawes, Blow, Locke, Purcell, Schop, Jenkins, Baltzar and Jones; sonatas, suites, concerts, grounds and popular tunes … this exploration...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2024

Love Music

‘O sink upon us, night of love …’ Well, ‘Love Music’ is the title of this album from pianist Yeol...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2024

The Golden Age of Hollywood: Concert Works for Violin and Piano

‘The Golden Age of Hollywood’: it’s an attractive idea for a recital, made even more interesting by the fact that...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2024

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