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SCHNITTKE Piano Quartet. String Trio. Piano Quintet
Soon enough we sail towards the familiar, motoric minor-toned triads, curiously reminiscent of Philip Glass but actually Old Europe: Schubert,...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 07/2013
MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonatas Opp 45 & 58
A few months ago I reviewed two new discs of Mendelssohn’s cello music (12/12). Ultimately, neither Luca Fiorentini (Brilliant Classics)...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2013
KISSINE Between Two Waves. Duo. Barcarola
Like Giya Kancheli, his stablemate at ECM, Victor Kissine now lives and works in Belgium, in his case since 1990....
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 07/2013
HIGDON An Exaltation of Larks. Scenes from the Poet's Dreams. Light Refracted
In terms of her profile in the UK, Jennifer Higdon is best known for such high-octane pieces as the Percussion...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2013
SCHUBERT String Quartet No 14 GRIEG String Quartet Op 2
In a booklet-note for this elegant release, Øystein Sonstad, the Quartet’s cellist, argues for Schubert’s D810 being the inspiration behind...
Reviewed in issue 07/2013
DVOŘÁK String Quartet No 12 SMETANA String Quartet No 1
Years ago I was gently castigated by a colleague for bemoaning the abundance of Beethoven symphony recordings at a time...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2013
CORP String Quartet No 3. The Yellow Wallpaper. Clarinet Quintet
Ronald Corp’s first two string quartets appeared on Naxos in 2011, played by the Maggini Quartet. The first item on...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 07/2013
BOWEN Complete works for Violin and Piano
We can thank Danny Driver for researching and devising this latest addition to Hyperion’s absorbing York Bowen series. The programme...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2013
BIBER Rosary Sonatas
There are now over a dozen recordings of Biber’s superb meditative cycle of 15 violin sonatas and a passacaglia linked...
Reviewed by Lindsay-Kemp in issue: 07/2013
Neapolitan Flute Concertos II
This sequel continues flautist Carlo Ipata’s probing exploration of the remotest corners of early-18th-century Neapolitan repertoire. None of the composers...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2013
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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