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Maurizio Pollini demonstrated why people still flock to hear him perform in sonatas by Beethoven and miniatures by Schoenberg.

 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet impresses in Gallic repertoire, but his Beethoven took longer to win our reviewer around. 

No wonder Jayson Gillham looked pleased to be back on stage at Birmingham Town Hall. It must have brought back some happy memories, as it was here that he won first prize in the 2011 Brant International Piano Competition. In the intervening couple of years, he’s built up an inspiring CV.

Die Beethoven-Sonaten des zweiten Abends stehen ganz im Schatten ihrer jeweiligen Vorgänger.

Dans la dernière ligne droite de son intégrale des sonates pour piano de Beethoven, Daniel Barenboim semble en retrait et délivre des interprétations sans relief.