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RAVEL; SHOSTAKOVICH Complete Piano Trios

Shostakovich’s wartime Second Trio, such a powerful work, gets a splendid performance. From the opening, with its contrapuntal lines of...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 08/2014

R PARRY Interruptions i-Vii. Heart and Breath Sextet

Best known as arranger and multi-instrumentalist in the rock band Arcade Fire, Richard Reed Parry has also been building a...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2014

RUBBRA; RAWSTHORNE; MOERAN Sonatas for Cello and Piano

Here’s another absorbing volume of British masterworks for cello and piano, all three of which date from the 1940s and...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2014

MENDELSSOHN Complete Works for String Quartet

The six quartets of Mendelssohn, along with the assorted other pieces for string quartet, form a firm point of reference...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 08/2014

MARTINŮ Cello Sonatas

Though certainly known among cellists, the three Martinů cello sonatas don’t turn up on chamber music programmes with the frequency...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 08/2014

LOPES-GRAÇA Piano and Violin Works

For two discs of music by Fernando Lopes Graça (1906 93) to arrive for review simultaneously is a demonstration of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2014

EÖTVÖS Sonata per sei. Psalm 151. Kosmos

Kosmos for two pianos is Peter Eötvös’s youthful response to Bartók’s Mikrokosmos, these short, concentrated explorations of single technical features...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 08/2014

BRAHMS String Quartets. Piano Quintet

The Gringolts Quartet is a remarkable group. These highly accomplished players achieve a near-perfect blend of sound, effortless precision and...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 08/2014

BIRTWISTLE Settings of Lorine Niedecker. Trio. Bogenstrich

After decades of favouring winds and percussion in his ensemble pieces, Birtwistle turned his attention in the course of the...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 08/2014

BENJAMIN Violin Sonatina. Viola Sonata

How encouraging it is to see Arthur Benjamin’s growing representation on disc. As I hope I made clear in my...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2014

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