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SCODANIBBIO Reinventions

Stefano Scodanibbio (1956-2012) was fascinated, not to say obsessed, by string harmonics. As a double bassist he had practical experience...

Reviewed by Geoffrey–Norris in issue: 08/2013

SCHUMANN Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3

Schumann’s violin-and-piano sonatas are all late works but there’s no question of flagging inspiration – the music is full of...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 08/2013

SCHUBERT Piano Trios Opp 99 & 100

No pussyfooting here: for their CD debut, the young Zurich-based Oliver Schnyder Trio plunge boldly in with what must be...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2013

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 12, 13 & 14 - Chamber versions

To maximise sales, Mozart published these concertos both with orchestra and a quattro – ie, with string quartet. In the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2013

BEETHOVEN Quartets Op 18 Nos 3-5

Founded in 1953 with the distinguished cellist William Pleeth behind the project, the Allegri Quartet is celebrating its 60th anniversary...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 08/2013

A Tribute to Faustina Bordoni

Faustina Bordoni was one half of Handel’s so-called ‘Rival Queens’ for just under three seasons (172628), and in 1730 she...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2013

Piotr Beczała: Verdi Arias

This disc, recorded piecemeal in Warsaw over four months in 2011/12, is not an example of how to enliven and...

Reviewed in issue 07/2013

TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin

This recent Polish/Spanish co-production has us view the opera (like Pushkin’s novel) through the eyes of Onegin in old age....

Reviewed in issue 07/2013

ROSSINI La gazza ladra

Damiano Michieletto’s Pesaro Festival production of Rossini’s richly imagined domestic melodramma was generally despaired of when it was first seen...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2013

POULENC La voix humaine

Poulenc and his estate never let others do it (officially) until now but the composer himself could never resist accompanying...

Reviewed in issue 07/2013

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