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When Murray Perahia injured his finger in 1990, the great pianist sought solace in Bach. We meet him as he prepares at last to return to the Romantic repertoire. Plus pianist Olli Mustonen goes shopping for Steinways
This month's BBC Music choices
DISC OF THE MONTH
Shostakovich: The Nose
Mariinsky Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus/Valery Gergiev
‘Shostakovich was never so obviously the youthful genius as in this brilliant operatic jape’
CHAMBER
Schubert: Trout Quintet
Martin Helmchen (piano) et al
'The most satisfactory account of the Trout Quintet I have ever heard'
CHORAL & SONG
Handel: Samson
NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen/Nicholas McGegan
'A match for any of the few complete Samsons currently available'
DVD
Galuppi: L’Olimpiade
Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon
'An astonishingly accomplished cast in magnificent music'
INSTRUMENTAL
Sonatas and Etudes
Yuja Wang (piano)
'She's young, but make no mistake: Yuja Wang is one hell of a pianist'
JAZZ
Gary Burton's Quartet Live
Burton, Metheny, Swallow, Sanchez
'This bouncy, tumbling serpentine set sounds fresh-minted'
ORCHESTRAL
Fauré: Soloists & orchestra
Orchestre de Bretagne/Moshe Atzmon
'Fauré's blend of languor and virtuosity is well displayed here'
OPERA
Wagner: Lohengrin
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln/Semyon Bychkov
'Semyon Bychkov's Lohengrin is keenly dramatic yet detailed'
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