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SCHUBERT String Quintet

Another C major Quintet – following on from the Pavel Haas Quartet (with cellist Danjulo Ishizaka), whose interpretation I have...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2014

RÖNTGEN String Trios

Julius Röntgen (1855 1932) was hugely prolific, his output extending to around 500 works. It is fair to say that...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2014

PANDOLFI Violin Sonatas Op 3

Not much is...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2014

JERSILD Chamber Music

Jørgen Jersild (1913-2004) was a pupil of Poul Schierbeck and thus a grand-pupil of Nielsen. He was introduced by his...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2014

HUMMEL. SCHUBERT String Quintets

Period instruments in Schubert and Hummel chamber recordings are still relatively thin on the ground. And this pairing of works...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2014

RACHMANINOV. CHOPIN Sonatas for Cello and Piano

The first thing that strikes you about Denise Djokic is her sound. It’s plush and beautifully moulded. She’s at her...

Reviewed in issue 02/2014

BRITTEN Reflections

We can only speculate what might have been if Britten had met a violinist to inspire him at his peak....

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 02/2014

SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata DEBUSSY Sonata for Cello and Piano

Frank Braley has not always received unconditionally good reviews as an accompanist – his big sound and strong musical personality...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 02/2014

SCHUMANN Märchenbilder SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata

The Arpeggione Sonata, for a bowed guitar, is not ideally suited to either viola or cello. The viola lacks some...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 02/2014

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Sonatas

Beethoven composed these works as ‘Sonatas for pianoforte and violin’. The common designation, ‘violin sonatas’, is acceptable, I suppose, but...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 02/2014

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