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BRAHMS Piano Trios
Brahms’s three piano trios make an obvious programme for disc, even if, played one after the other, there’s just slightly...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2015
BOTTESINI Chamber Works
Your reviewer first discovered the undemanding delights of Bottesini on an early-ish CD (1986) originally on ASV with the young...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2015
VIVALDI; ALBINONI Trio Sonatas
The misnomer sonata da chiesa for the Corellian sequence of slow-fast-slow-fast movements has somehow stuck for good, even if such...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2015
YSAŸE Six Sonatas for Solo Violin
Alina Ibragimova has made many fine recordings in recent years, but this solo Ysaÿe disc must count as one of...
Reviewed in issue 07/2015
Romaria: Choral Music from Brazil
The rainforest tape that opens this remarkable disc might seem a Brazilian cliché – and in a sense it is....
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2015
Purcell’s Revenge: Sweeter than Roses?
Folk-minded early music ensemble Concerto Caledonia have titled their latest disc ‘Purcell’s Revenge’ but to many listeners its irreverent reworkings...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2015
Love I Obey
Look back over the classical releases of the past few years and you’ll see a trend emerging. Sitting somewhere at...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2015
Christianne Stotijn: If the Owl Calls Again
Song recitals don’t come much more eclectic than this. In the booklet interview Christianne Stotijn reveals her fascination with the...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 07/2015
François I: Music of a Reign
This year’s quincentenary of the accession of King Francis I is being commemorated by a number of ensembles. This impressive...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 07/2015
Coronation Music for Charles II
It is tempting to speculate about what kind of music Charles II heard at his coronation at Westminster Abbey on...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2015
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Review - Christoph von Dohnányi in Cleveland
Jed Distler hails a desirable box-set documenting the maestro’s 18-year tenure in Ohio
Review - Eloquence’s Piano Library
Jeremy Nicholas browses through two collections of keyboard treasures
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Review - Sergei Rachmaninoff: In His Own Words (Edited by Geoffrey Norris)
‘This is an altogether absorbing volume, as valuable and enlightening as it is original and...
Review - Audiolab 9000N: ‘A major achievement on many levels’
This flagship player eschews the technology of the company’s other models for a clean sheet...
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