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Rob Challinor
Schloss Husum 2024: Rarities of Piano Music (Danacord)
This wonderful festival never lets us down [RCh]
Swans: Music for cello & piano (Hyperion)
An intriguing collection of pieces with some welcome rarities [RCh]
Tim Rumsey (piano): Transcriptions (Luminate Records)
A triumphant transcription recital that shows the golden age of the piano is alive and well [RCh]
Rota: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2 (Grand Piano)
Rota’s most famous work joins some intriguing film and solo piano music [RCh]
Piano music played by Fanny Davies & Adela Verne (APR)
It is wonderful to have Davies’ Schumann back in the catalogue and Adela Verne’s discs are a delicious bonus [RCh]
Rendano: Piano Concerto (Dynamic)
Excellent performances though the concerto’s inspiration falls short [RCh]
Liszt: Le Concert c’est Moi (Gramola)
Heroic, demonic, passion and lyricism; Liszt’s whirlwind of imaginative ideas given full rein by Titova [RCh]
Andrea Lam (piano): Piano Diary (ABC Classics)
A dramatic mix of favourites and rarities as Lam explores the joys, sorrows and challenges of her life at the piano [RCh]
Bosmans: Cello Concertos 1 & 2, Poème (cpo)
Some wonderful writing in these concertos that have lain unheard for nearly a century [RCh]
N Gade: Selected Piano Works (Ars Produktion)
A very fine recital of Gade’s rather neglected piano music [RCh]
Alfred Cortot Plays Chopin (APR)
Exceptional Chopin playing in Cortot’s lesser known Paris versions [RCh]
Aloiz & Winkler: The Brahms Trio (Naxos)
A fine pair of unknown romantic piano trios [RCh]
Clara Schumann gewidmet (Claves)
A nice idea for a recital, thoughtfully constructed and played beautifully [RCh]
Rubinstein: Piano music (Naxos)
Characteristically virtuosic and big boned rarities from this not-very-Russian-sounding Russian [RCh]
Catherine Collard (piano): En Concert 1969-1972 (Solstice)
Vivid playing by a pianist who passed too soon [RCh]
Paraphrases de Salon (Grand Piano)
Flamboyant and elegant 19th century rarities played to their fullest by this dazzling young pianist [RCh]
Ryelandt: Piano Sonatas I (Antarctica Records)
Beenhouwer dusted off Ryelandt’s manuscripts and brought these warm-hearted romantic sonatas to life [RCh]
Joseph Moog (piano): Belle Époque (Naïve)
A dizzying array of piano treasures in effortlessly marvellous performances [RCh]
Lisa Maria Schachtschneider (piano): Planet Earth (ARS Produktion)
An excellent recital with variety as kaleidoscopic as the elements themselves [RCh]
Pachulski: Piano Music Vol. 4 (Acte Préalable)
A fine feast of romantic piano in this fourth volume [RCh]
Field: Complete Nocturnes (Deutsche Grammophon)
Field’s exquisite nocturnes in wonderfully personal performances [RCh]
Julius Katchen (piano) Concert Tours 1951-1965
Katchen in fine fettle in his favourites as well as an excellent rarity [RCh]
A Busch: Piano Music (cpo)
Late romantic music from this legendary violinist including a concerto that deserves attention [RCh]
Mitra Kotte (piano) Herstory (Genuin)
One of the most enjoyable recitals I have heard this year, let alone one featuring just female composers [RCh]
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