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JS BACH Transcriptions for Harpsichord

Sophie Yates offers eight of Bach’s 16 Weimar-period concerto transcriptions in performances that outclass most of the catalogue competition. In...

Reviewed by Distler in issue: 08/2013

JS BACH Cello Suites BWV1007-1012

The German-born cellist Jan Vogler is a veteran of many recordings of cello repertoire, including Bach’s sonatas for harpsichord and...

Reviewed in issue 08/2013

JS BACH Suites Nos 1-3, BWV 1007 - 1009

Hopkinson Smith’s complete recording of JS Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin as transcribed by Smith for 13-course Baroque...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2013

ALKAN Piano Works

Alkan remains music’s bogeyman, prompting the widest variety of responses [see feature, page 36]. For Pascal Amoyel he is a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2013

Danish Piano Trios

The piano trio in Denmark is alive and well, judging from this new release by Trio Con Brio Copenhagen, which...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2013

Nigunim: Hebrew Melodies

The Hebrew word nigun (plural nigunim) means ‘tune’ or ‘melody’ in the form of an instrumental improvisation, secular or religious,...

Reviewed by IMarch in issue: 08/2013

British Violin Sonatas Vol 1

Howard Ferguson’s oeuvre is modest in extent but distinctive in character. His Second Violin Sonata of 1946 is concise and...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 08/2013

VALEN String Quartets

The reputation of Fartein Valen (1887-1952) lies chiefly on his polished, atonal orchestral works, including four symphonies, a masterly –...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2013

SHOSTAKOVICH String quartets Nos 9-12

This is Vol 3 in Cedille’s ‘The Soviet Experience’ series. The previous two discs have received welcoming reviews elsewhere, with...

Reviewed by IMarch in issue: 08/2013

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

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