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Complete Works for Piano, Volume 5 (feat. piano: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet)
A musical adventure, and Bavouzet has more than achieved what he set out to do.reviewed by Charlotte Gardner
Partitas 1, 5 & 6 (feat. conductor Murray Perahia)
Perahia’s eloquent sleight of hand is up there with the best.reviewed by Michael Quinn
Symphonies Nos. 1-7 / Kullervo (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Colin Davis) (disc 1)
Consistently confident and exuding an unshakeable stamp of authority.reviewed by Andrew Mellor
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes Faust (feat. orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; feat. conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt) (disc 1)
A ravishing new account; a lithe and lyrically rich labour of love.reviewed by Michael Quinn
Sacrificium
Confirmation that Bartoli remains one of today’s greatest artists.reviewed by Charlotte Gardner
The Farewell Concerts (disc 1)
A welcome coda to his towering recorded legacy.reviewed by Graham Rogers
Symphonies 5 & 9 (feat. conductor: Vasily Petrenko; feat. orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra)
Delivers a focussed and individual performance that doesn’t tow the same old line.reviewed by Andrew Mellor
Run Rabbit Run
An unusual, but not unrewarding, statement of intent.reviewed by Rob Crossan
The Complete Waltzes (Ingrid Fliter)
The young Argentinean stamps her authority with a finesse beyond her years.reviewed by Michael Quinn
Gogo No Eiko: Part I: Summer (Midorikawa/Takahashi/Orchestra Nazionale della Rai/Albrecht)
An opera that has been resuscitated and restored to new life.reviewed by Michael Quinn
Brandenburg Concertos (English Baroque Soloists, feat. conductor: John Eliot Gardiner) (disc 1)
Stands up on its own, quite simply as a smashing performance.reviewed by Charlotte Gardner
The Food of Love
The performances are outstanding and the sequencing inspired.reviewed by Katie Greening
Piazzolla & Beyond (London Concertante)
A riveting, dramatic, and even sexy listen.reviewed by Charlotte Gardner
The Creation (Kleiter/Schmitt/Weisser/RIAS Kammerchor/Freiburger Barockorchester/Jacobs)
Jacobs’s impeccable Creation is fresh and often illuminating.reviewed by Graham Rogers
Gloria (Concerto Italiano feat. conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini)
This is Vivaldi as it should be.reviewed by Katie Greening
Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninov - Piano Trios
Lang Lang can not only do chamber music, but do it phenomenally well.reviewed by Charlotte Gardner
The Official 30th Anniversary Edition
This edition tells only a small part of a much larger story.reviewed by Michael Quinn
The BQE
Unlike other pop artists who've branched out into classical, this feels very natural.reviewed by Will Dean
Beethoven Korngold Violin Concertos (Renaud Capuçon/Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin)
Altogether, an elegantly feel-good disc.reviewed by Charlotte Gardner
Within a Dream - A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox (1948-2008) (disc 1)
Serves to highlight Hickox’s wide-ranging musical knowledge and tastes.reviewed by Charlotte Gardner
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