Lebrecht Weekly | Alkan’s Early works: Mozartian with Added Chutzpah
There are four world premiere recordings on this utterly original disc, so if you have even a smidgeon of curiosity about the legend known as…
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CD Review | Waves: Music by Rameau, Ravel, and Alkan (Deutsche Grammophon, 2023)
Bruce Liu’s new album, Waves, opens with Rameau’s well-known Gavotte et six doubles, a stately French dance with variations, each of which explore and ornament the theme in a different and more dramatic way.
Lebrecht Weekly | Bruce Liu: Waves (Deutsche Grammophon)
The combination of Rameau, Alkan, and Ravel in Bruce Liu’s WAVES, on paper, looks wildly exciting. In performance, it is less so.
