Browse: Copland (composer), Variations

Hammond casts her net with a flairfulness and acuity ‘rich in contrast’ (to purloin Sofia Gubaidulina’s description of her 1963 Chaconne which, under Hammond’s exhilaratingly determined fingers,... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) More…

Amazing to think that even at a time when just about everything interesting recording from the past seem readily available, along comes a musician whose considerable achievement has been widely... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…

Refusing to bang, [Robert Weirich] patiently illuminates details of texture and architecture, reveling in Copland's haunting spareness — American Record Guide More…

Like a good few pianists, Emanuel Ax cannot resist delving into this discarded treasure-trove, and he scatters three of the [usually omitted] variations among his performance of the 'official'... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…