Online classical concerts & events to enjoy this month (January 2025)
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DVOŘÁK String Quartet No 12 BARBER String Quartet
There seems to be a minor fashion at the moment for using an American thread to pull together groups of...
Reviewed in issue 01/2014
BEETHOVEN; BRUCKNER; HARTMANN; HOLLIGER String Quartets
In this two-disc set, the Zehetmair Quartet cover nearly 200 years of string quartet writing: the first pin is firmly...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2014
STENHAMMAR String Quartets Nos 5 & 6
The Stenhammars continue their self-evidently well-played-in cycle of their namesake’s seven works in the medium. Turn immediately to No 6...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2014
Rebel de père en fils
The Rebels, and for that matter the Francoeurs, have yet to receive the attention they deserve. They held some of...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 01/2014
Marjukka Tepponen : Airs chantés
The Finnish soprano Marjukka Tepponen has a rich vocal quality, a sensitivity and a passionate soul that suit her well...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2013
Christiane Karg sings Strauss, Fauré, Debussy, Poulenc
One of the beauties of Wigmore Hall Live is how accomplished, young-ish singers are given a platform for song recitals...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2013
VICTORIA Tenebrae Responsories
Up until now, choosing a recording of Victoria’s Tenebrae Responsories was an easy task. If you wanted glossy thickness of...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
STANFORD Partsongs
It’s a mark of musical fashion that this disc from Paul Spicer and the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir is the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
STANFORD Partsongs
It’s a mark of musical fashion that this disc from Paul Spicer and the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir is the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013
SHOSTAKOVICH The Execution of Stepan Razin
Using roughly the same idiom as his Symphonies Nos 11, 12 and 13, Shostakovich’s The Execution of Stepan Razin tells...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2013
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
Which are the right active loudspeakers for you?
Speakers with onboard amplification make plenty of sense if you want high performance without all...
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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