Newest Reviews
Jack Hancher (guitar): Muse (Deux-Elles)
Delightful, delicate arrangements for guitar of some very well-known piano works [KT]
In Search of Lost Time — Shchedrin, Stravinsky, Sergei Taneyev (Genuin)
Monumental input from each composer, and recording and performance quality to match [DC]
Sinner, Don’t Let This Harvest Pass (Métier)
Variations for piano that cannot fail to inspire awe and catharsis [ACG]
Scriabin: Bright Lights, Dark Flames (Azure Sky)
Playing that truly draws you into both the more lyrical and dissonant worlds of a notoriously difficult composer [SGa]
Blake: Chamber Works (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Blake’s accessible music never fails to impress with its invention and generous melody [IL]
Beethoven & Brahms: Symphonies (Forgotten Records)
(Déjà Review) An outstanding Beethoven Seventh, but the rest of the programme is very mixed [WH]
Adès, Kurtág & Tippett: Concertos (Hallé)
Modern masterpieces in superb accounts [LW]
Schumann: Das Paradis und die Peri (Alia Vox)
An aural and artistic treat from Jordi Savall and co, but give more time to the music than to the libretto [SGa]
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