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21st Century Portraits: exxj

Ensemble XX Jahrhundert has operated out of Vienna since 1971, the group’s core mission to champion Schoenberg, Webern and Berg...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 12/2013

SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphonies Opp110a & 118a WEINBERG Concertino Op 42

The young(-ish) musicians of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta here celebrate the 25th anniversary of their ensemble in style. The care that...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2013

SCHUMANN Dichterliebe

If this disc shows anything most of all, it is the mastery that Schumann displayed as a Lieder writer. The...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 12/2013

RIES Wind Nocturnes Nos 1 & 2 MOZART Partita K361

CPO are certainly flying the flag for Beethoven’s friend and one-time pupil Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), who made his name as...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2013

HINDEMITH Violin Sonatas

No sooner has the dust settled on Frank Peter Zimmermann’s wonderful disc of three of Hindemith’s sonatas for violin and...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2013

FAURÉ Piano Quartet No 1. Piano Trio

This is a delectable way into Fauré’s chamber music should it be unfamiliar territory. The First Piano Quartet is Fauré...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2013

ELGAR; SAWYERS Violin Sonatas

Philip Sawyers is a professional violinist and teacher who for 20 years played with the orchestra of the Royal Opera...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2013

CORELLI Stravaganza: Sonatas

As prelude and postlude to their disc of Corelli trio sonatas, Stravaganza have included two pieces by Giovanni Battista Reali,...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 12/2013

CASHIAN Piano Concerto. Cello Concerto. The House of Night

NMC assemblages such as this can be an opportunity for composers to set out their stall or to introduce themselves...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 12/2013

BRITTEN 3 String Quartets

One of the most strikingly understated ways to chart the progress of Britten as a composer is to put the...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 12/2013

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