THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL: Roderic Dunnett previews the 2024 edition of the UK's oldest music festival, 27 July until 4 August.
ARTICLES BEING VIEWED NOW:
- Intelligently Structured and Winningly Executed - Mike Wheeler is impressed by Fenella Humphreys and Martin Roscoe's Buxton Festival recital marking the centenary of the death of Gabriel Fauré
- February 2023 New Releases - Browse a large selection of new recordings
- Spotlight. Musical Siblings - Gerald Fenech heartily recommends Isata Kanneh-Mason's new Mendelssohn album
- vocal music
- Comment
The American harpsichordist, lecturer, broadcaster and writer Igor Kipnis was born in Berlin, Germany (where his father was singing with Berlin State Opera) on 27 September 1930.
Son of the great Russian bass Alexander Kipnis, both his career as a keyboard player and critic has been distinctive and widely admired. As well as harpsichord, Kipnis played clavichord, fortepiano and modern piano. He played several different styles of music and had contemporary pieces written for him.
Igor Kipnis, who was also an occasional contributor to this magazine's predecessor, Music & Vision, died in Redding, Connecticut on 23 January 2002, aged seventy-one, following a battle with cancer.
Poetic best. '... a white-hot listening experience.' Jorge Bolet's rediscovered Liszt recital
CD Spotlight. Clara's Karma? - 150 years' postponement in publication of Clara Schumann's piano sonata, investigated by Jennifer Paull. '... Karen Kushner brings welcomed light ...'
CD Spotlight. Kipnis' Cocktails - Dances by Dvorák, Brahms and Grieg, reviewed by Jennifer Paull. 'This particular mosaic of magical components is just right!'
Mind my harpsichord! - In affectionate memory of Igor Kipnis, close friend and musical collaborator, by Bill Newman
A man of many talents - Jennifer Paull pays tribute to Igor Kipnis, who died on 24 January 2002
CD Spotlight - Issued afresh. '... sheer variety of registration colours ...' Igor Kipnis plays Bach's Partitas reviewed by David Ponsford
Record box - Four-handed music. Igor Kipnis & Karen Kushner, with Basil Ramsey
CD Spotlight - An early Kipnis recording, with Ann Bond