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American Chamber Music: Herrmann, Gershwin, Waxman & Copland

Bernard Herrmann was not satisfied with being a film composer of genius: he wanted to conquer the concert hall too,...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 07/2015

SCHULHOFF; D'INDY; BRIDGE String Sextets

Ensemble-in-residence at Belgium’s Cultureel Centrum Maasmechelen, the Parnassus Akademie was founded by cellist Michael Gross, best known for his work...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2015

BRAHMS; SCHUMANN; MAHLER Quartets

This album comes from a pair of live recitals given at Alice Tully Hall in March. The three piano quartets...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2015

BRAHMS Clarinet Sonatas

‘Placid and melodious’ is how The Record Guide (1951/55) described these clarinet sonatas, the verdict of placidity contradicted by many...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 07/2015

BOULEZ Dialogue de L'Ombre Double

As Jorrit Tamminga amusingly recounts in his booklet-note, it was a chance encounter with Boulez that led to his musical...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2015

BOCCHERINI Six String Trios

The Sei Terzettini were written over a period of about a year from 1793, 25 years after Boccherini arrived in...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 07/2015

JS BACH Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV1014-1019

Linn’s fast-building accumulation of core Baroque repertory continues here with the sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord, six wondrous works...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2015

Valentina Lisitsa plays Philip Glass

Valentina Lisitsa’s emotionally charged and technically accomplished renditions of Chopin, Schumann and Rachmaninov et al have proved to be popular...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2015

TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony

Spliced together from a couple of critically acclaimed concerts towards the end of September 2013, this latest helping of Tchaikovsky...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2015

VIVALDI The Four Seasons. Cessate, omai cessate

It’s not unusual for vocalists to possess a certain instrumental facility and vice versa, or to be proficient on more...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 06/2015

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