Ralph van Raat. Complete Piano Music of John Adams. Time Out Chicago, April 26, 2007. "Van Raat turns the chordal sequence in Phrygian Gates into an aching moment of repose, anchored with tolling rumbles in the bass, and his China Gates is full of lightly pedaled, pristine beauty." Arkiv, B&N.
Jennifer Koh. Complete Violin Sonatas of Schumann, with Reiko Uchida,
piano. Along with Koh, the "brainier" musicians I refer to in the review are such players as pianist Jonathan Biss, violinist Isabelle Faust, and, on the basis of his playing and this exceptionally enlightening post, Jeremy Denk. Arkiv, B&N.
