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SAARIAHO Chamber Works for Strings

Ondine here continues its invaluable Saariaho survey, this time with string chamber works from 1987 to 2010. The earliest of...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2013

REBER Piano Trios Nos 3, 5 & 7

With the passing of time, Napoléon-Henri Reber (1807-80) has disappeared into the footnotes of music history, but his parents obviously...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013

PROKOFIEV Violin Sonatas

There has been no shortage of illustrious violinists tackling Prokofiev’s two violin sonatas on disc in recent years. Each piece...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 10/2013

LEIGHTON Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2. Metamorphoses

Kenneth Leighton’s music for choir and organ is still a fixture of the Anglican cathedral repertoire but his instrumental works...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 10/2013

SMETANA Piano Trio DVOŘÁK Piano Trio Op 90

Smetana’s engaging three-movement Piano Trio opens with a lyrical cello solo, finely played here, but almost immediately becomes passionately stormy...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/2013

CABEZÓN Obras de Musica

The blind organist Antonio de Cabezón (c1510-1566) served at the Spanish court from 1526 and was one of the musicians...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2013

Parthenia

Given its historical importance and the fact that it only takes around an hour to perform complete, it is surprising...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2013

BRIDGE Sonatas for Violin and Cello

Frank Bridge frequently gets introduced as Britten’s teacher. This has gone on for too long: Bridge was an important British...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/2013

BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Cello and Piano

Their style is free of turgidity, their technique unblemished. Thomas Sauer and Colin Carr are a secure duo, and Beethoven’s...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2013

BARTÓK Rhapsodies for Piano Nos 1 & 2. RAVEL Violin Sonata

‘Bartók and Ravel show us how traditional craftsmanship can be combined with the sounds of other cultures,’ the two soloists...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013

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