Search the Reviews Database

CPE BACH Fantasias (Aapo Häkkinen)

A sequence of fantasias by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach illustrates both his individuality and his pivotal position between generations: that...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2023

The sun is free to flow with the sea

Onyx Brass’s ‘Festmusik’ album (Chandos, 6/21) was an intriguing recital of German works prompted by a collection of letters bequeathed...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2023

Phantasy in Blue

If you have ever wondered what four saxophones, a piano and a cello sound like, here’s your answer. It’s not...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2023

1919: CODA - Janáček, Boulanger, Debussy, Elgar

Five years ago the Tate in London staged ‘Aftermath’, an exhibition of European art after the First World War. The...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2023

SKROWACZEWSKI Chamber Works

A child prodigy whose career as a concert pianist was cut short by injury, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (1923-2017) made his career...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2023

RUBINSTEIN String Quartets (Reinhold Quartett)

Composed in the early 1850s, when Anton Rubinstein was just finding his way, these two confident quartets sport evident virtues:...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 08/2023

REICH Music for 18 Musicians

For around 20 years after its premiere in April 1976, Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians remained largely within his...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2023

POPPE Prozession

Enno Poppe is a force of nature in German new music. His floppy red hair and towering height are often...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 08/2023

KAHN; d'INDY Clarinet Trios

Talk about a chamber programme scoring off the chart for niche factor. In fact it’s entirely forgivable to have never...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 08/2023

HAYDN String Quartets Op 33 Nos 1-3 (Chiaroscuro Quartet)

Written ‘in a completely new and special way, for I haven’t composed any for 10 years’ is how Haydn touted...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 08/2023

---

 

Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews

Gramophone Guides

---

---

---

---

---

---