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MOZART String Quartets Nos 4, 17 & 22

“Rather prim and formal throughout, and presents little variety in its part-writing” – a verdict on K157 from Thomas F...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 05/2011

VENABLES Piano Quintet. 3 Pieces

Born in Liverpool in 1955, Ian Venables initially studied under Richard Arnell at Trinity College of Music, London, and later...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2011

BRAHMS Piano Sonatas Nos 1 & 2

The chief interest of this Brahms recital lies in Alexander Melnikov’s use of an 1875 Bösendorfer instrument, which he defends...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2011

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 19 - 21

These performances were taken live from concerts given at Meany Theatre, Seattle, last year. But if Craig Sheppard’s previous epic...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2011

SCHUMANN Arabeske. Etudes Symphoniques. Fantasie

This lavishly presented two-disc album couples three of Schumann’s large-scale masterpieces with two miniatures – a satisfyingly comprehensive portrait and...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2011

BLOW Venus and Adonis

It is a pity that John Blow’s Venus and Adonis doesn’t get more outings, and not only because it was...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2011

KOERING Scènes de chasse

One of the numerous composers frequently heard in western Europe while remaining all but unknown in the UK, René Koering...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 05/2011

MOZART; BRAHMS Clarinet Quintets

This is music for friends, and these Oslo musicians clearly enjoy playing together; the string quartet members seem especially well...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2011

MENDELSSOHN Octet in E flat major, Op 20

Here’s a recording of Mendelssohn’s miraculous teenage Octet with a difference. Well, several differences, actually. The Eroica Quartet have gone...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2011

Dance

It would be bad form in this day and age to wonder what kind of dancing might go on to...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2011

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