Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
Though born in Paris, Jean-Paul Gasparian identifies as ethnically Armenian. He will be 29 this year and has already amassed...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2024
Do Anna Fedorova’s colourfully succinct descriptions of the works featured on this musical journey from darkness to light spill over...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2024
Notwithstanding the inclusion of Liszt’s first Valse oubliée, why call this smartly programmed collection ‘Forgotten Dances’ when the performances are...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2024
This corncucopia of light piano pieces from Paul Guinery will come as no surprise to many of us who followed...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2024
Of all the composers whom the great Andrés Segovia invited to infuse the classical guitar repertoire with fresh blood in...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2024
Bruce Liu’s new album of music by Satie raises important questions about the relationship between performer and instrument. Does the...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 10/2024
Charlotte Hu, previously known as Ching-Yun Hu, makes her first recording under her new name. It’s a Liszt recital combining...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 10/2024
Gaspard Le Roux is a relatively familiar presence among the French Baroque harpsichordist-composers, even if very little is known about...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2024
For her new Harmonia Mundi recording of Fauré, French pianist Aline Piboule plays four of the 13 Nocturnes and seven...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2024
To what extent are composers’ voices conditioned by the tone and character of the instruments for which they write? It’s...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 10/2024
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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