Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Scriabin’s mature music features mystical ecstasy entwined with satanism, violence merged with tenderness and aphrodisiacs laced with poison – all...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 03/2025
Lisa de la Salle is a seasoned Lisztian. Her B minor Sonata is beautifully recorded (lovely-sounding piano), considered, technically assured...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2025
Gone are the days when one heard the name of John Field mentioned only as a precursor of Chopin. Now...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2025
As one of the six separate compositions by Hughes Dufourt on this album, written between 1994 and 2018, L’origine du...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 03/2025
Michel Corrette’s name will be familiar to French Baroque buffs, his copious output perhaps less so; his better-known works include...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2025
Here is the sixth and final volume of all nine Beethoven symphonies heard in the arrangements for piano duet by...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2025
When Kate Liu took the Bronze Medal at the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition, it was not a sign of general...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 03/2025
Korean-American violinist Danbi Um’s second album for Avie offers an unusual pairing of sonatas by Richard Strauss and Ernest Bloch,...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2025
John Zorn’s successful career as saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and performer with free-form jazz and experimental improvisational groups such as Masada...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2025
Ubique (2023) is a large-scale work for flute – doubling on the bass and contrabass instruments – with piano, two...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2025
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
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The tabletop ‘music centre’ may be just a distant memory, but where do you start when you want to...
Tim Parry explores the legacy of Jorge Bolet’s Decca recordings
Rob Cowan on collections devoted to two pianists, a cellist and a composer
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