Wigmore Hall, London
In her recital programme of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Chopin, Webern and Schubert, the Austrian pianist brought new insights and expressive playing
Eighty-year-old piano legend Elisab…
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32 days ago
Joseph Nolan: The Complete Alkan Organ Works, Vol 1 album review – seething with quasi-orchestral colour ⊕
(Signum)
From operatic frenzy in one moment to pianissimo whisper the next, Nolan does exhilarating justice to an extraordinary but little known repertoire
Charles-Valentin Alkan was undoubtedly one of…
54 days ago
Tamás Vásáry obituary ⊕
Conductor and pianist highly regarded for his elegant interpretations of Chopin and Liszt
The Hungarian pianist Tamás Vásáry, who has died aged 92, was highly regarded for his elegance and clarity of …
55 days ago
Bloody brilliant or toothless? Cynthia Erivo’s Dracula – reviews roundup ⊕
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The Wicked star plays all 23 characters in a hi-tech London staging of Bram Stoker’s novel by Kip Williams. Here’s a bite-sized look at the critics’ verdicts
Dracula, the Ur-vampire and ultimate outsi…
3 months ago
Eric Lu: Schubert Impromptus album review – mature and mesmerising ⊕⊕
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(Warner)
In this recording of the eight Impromptus, some of Schubert’s most profound music, Lu cements his place as a serious talent
Eric Lu was a worthy if controversial winner of the Chopin internati…
Radu Lupu: The Unreleased Recordings album review – treasures from the vaults are a wonderful surprise ⊕⊕
(Decca, six CDs)
This six-disc collection to mark the late pianist’s 80th birthday is full of treats and includes rare ventures into Chopin and Copland, along with Lupu’s legendary rendition of Bartók…
7 months ago
The Kanneh-Masons: River of Music album review – a fond familial affair ○
(Decca)
Welsh folk songs and an original composition join Liszt, Chopin, Handel and Elgar in a misty-eyed first half, before a more monochrome performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet
The second recordi…
‘I’m holding his political wake’: the trumpeter waiting to mark Bolsonaro’s judgment day ○
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Brazil’s ex-president is expected to be convicted over failed coup – and Fabiano Leitão, who has provoked him for years, is ready
When Jair Bolsonaro was Brazil’s far-right president, the guerrilla tr…
8 months ago
The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals album review – a joyful reminder of the richness of Claudio Arrau ○
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Claudio Arrau
(First Hand Records)
Three recitals given by the Chilean pianist in the 70s and 80s are a feast of lucid and emphatic playing that hasn’t dated in the slightest
Those of us who were lucky …
9 months ago
La Mer: French Piano Trios album review – expansive, beguiling and unexpected ○
Neave Trio
(Chandos)
Works by Saint-Saëns, Mel Bonis and Sally Beamish’s imaginative reinterpretation of Debussy’s La Mer make for a disparate but rounded programme
Three French works make a disparate b…