Left-field learning

Maurice Ravel has been an enduring part of my world, both as a performer and teacher. As a little girl I played the Mouvement de menuet from his Sonatine at a piano competition, which the renowned pia

Symphony No. 5; Swanwhite Suite etc Christian Tetzlaff (violin); Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon Ondine ODE 1468-2 77:16 mins One of the features of Finland’s impressive music educati

Works by Brahms, Schubert, Wolf et al Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) Alpha Classics ALPHA1131 79 mins Many listeners for whom the German lied is forever associated with Dietrich Fisc

How ‘Putin’s Chef’ led a mercenary mutiny that shook the Kremlin

Játékok Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Pentatone PTC 5187 030 125:12 mins (2CD) The longest item in this collection of 79 pieces lasts three minutes and 48 seconds, and it consists of a few angry clust

Complete Suites and Other Music for Keyboard Cristian Sandrin (piano) SOMM Recordings SOMMCD0702 61:09 mins In the first complete recording of Purcell’s eight keyboard suites on the modern piano, Roma