in Piano International (Jul, 2016)
Previous volumes in Jonathan Plowright’s ongoing Brahms series have gathered critical praise, and this, the third volume, continues the positive trend. BIS’s series goes head-to-head with Barry Douglas’ survey on Chandos, which itself has been praised by myself in these pages; in the final analysis, though, it is Plowright who wins out with his flawless musicality (as, indeed, Plowright’s contributions to Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series might imply). As an example, the seventh variation of the Variations on a Hungarian Melody reveals Plowright’s affi nity with Brahms at his most Innig; the celebratory final Allegro of this piece is beautifully caught.
Dating from a quarter of a century later, the …
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