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Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 album review – Mahan Esfahani’s reading is lucid and illuminating

The harpsichordist describes Bach’s Preludes and Fugues as a ‘challenge and a homecoming’. His thoughtful new recording has a sense of the work’s drama but is never wilful nor perverse

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

The week in classical: Cavalleria rusticana/Aleko; Bath BachFest review – passion and penitence

Opera North pairs Mascagni’s masterpiece with teenage Rachmaninov in a potent double bill. Plus, well-tuned extremes from Tenebrae and a blizzard of notes with Mahan Esfahani

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024

Mahan Esfahani; Ibragimova/Osborne review – from electric dreams to muscular Prokofiev

Esfahani’s programme took the harpischord into the 21st century while the acclaimed partnership of Alina Ibragimova and Steven Osborne showcased the range of the festival and virtuosity of its performers

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023