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Review of JS BACH Complete Solo Cantatas for Alto and Bass

JS BACH Complete Solo Cantatas for Alto and Bass

This album from L’Orfeo Barockorchester intriguingly does not name a director. Are we to assume that violinist Michi Gaigg, their...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 11/2024

Review of Voices for Solo Piano: Smyth, Wallen, Alberga, Beamish, Yi (Hanni Liang)

Voices for Solo Piano: Smyth, Wallen, Alberga, Beamish, Yi (Hanni Liang)

Given the relative unfamiliarity of the works on this disc, I decided to audition each selection first without knowing the...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2024

Review of Sorcellerie: Liszt, De Falla, Dukas, Mussorgsky

Sorcellerie: Liszt, De Falla, Dukas, Mussorgsky

Although Franz Liszt never realised his ambition to arrange his Sonata in B minor for two pianos, his friend Camille...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2024

Review of Resonance: Beethoven, Benjamin, Dowland, Josquin (Benjamin Hochman)

Resonance: Beethoven, Benjamin, Dowland, Josquin (Benjamin Hochman)

Benjamin Hochman stands out for both the acuity of his programming and the refinement of his interpretations. This typically thoughtful...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 11/2024

Review of Sokolov plays Purcell & Mozart

Sokolov plays Purcell & Mozart

The opening of Grigory Sokolov’s latest recorded recital takes me back to Horowitz’s 1986 Moscow recital (DG, 12/86), partly for...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2024

Review of LISZT Années de pèlerinage (Roger Muraro)

LISZT Années de pèlerinage (Roger Muraro)

Années de pèlerinage (‘Years of Pilgrimage’) is without parallel in the Romantic piano literature. Begun when Liszt was 22 years...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2024

Review of DEBUSSY Complete Preludes for Solo Piano (Anna Tsybuleva)

DEBUSSY Complete Preludes for Solo Piano (Anna Tsybuleva)

Since her first prize at the 2015 Leeds Competition, Anna Tsybuleva has divided opinions. Her debut album of Fantasies (Champs...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2024

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Review of BYRD Organ Works (Pieter-Jan Belder)

BYRD Organ Works (Pieter-Jan Belder)

As Jon Baxendale observes in his cogent booklet notes to this two-disc collection of Byrd’s keyboard music performed on the...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 11/2024

Review of Busoni & Liszt: The 1950s SPA recordings (Alfred Brendel)

Busoni & Liszt: The 1950s SPA recordings (Alfred Brendel)

Now well into his 90s, Brendel the essayist remains on compelling form. In a sharp series of thoughts about Busoni,...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2024

Review of Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert

Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert

Alexandre Kantorow completes his survey of Brahms’s piano sonatas with a stunning release that stands up to its two widely...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 11/2024


 

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