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HAYDN String Quartets

There’s always a feeling when listening to the Endellion Quartet that you’re listening to the Urtext method of quartet playing....

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2013

FAURÉ Quintets with Piano Op 89; Op 115

Eric Le Sage continues his Fauré exploration (I much liked the piano quartets – 10/12) with the two quintets. Both...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2013

ENO Lux

I wouldn’t, if I were you, try to experience Lux as music. Brian Eno, the ‘composer’ (I’m not certain if...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 03/2013

DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet. Piano Quartet

Performers of Dvořák, especially his large-scale forms, seem to face more pressing questions of tempo than when playing other ‘standard’...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2013

DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet, Op 81. American Quartet, Op 96

Interesting as these performances occasionally are, they lack conviction because their mannerisms too often prove conspicuous. The Quintet’s broad opening,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2013

HAYDN String Quartet No 63 Op 64/5 BRAHMS String Quartet Op 51/2

The cover of this disc looks a bit like a blond (with hair product) Reservoir Dogs, and there’s certainly an...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2013

BEETHOVEN Complete Violin Sonatas

Beethoven wrote 10 sonatas for pianoforte and violin. It seems perverse of Decca to market this set with just Kavakos’s...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 03/2013

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Trios Vol 2

I was very taken with the first instalment of the Gould Trio’s live Beethoven cycle, captured at St George’s, Brandon...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2013

BARBER; WEILL; PFIZNER Sonatas for Cello and Piano

At first glance, these three composers appear to have little in common. However, the sonatas are all early works, written...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 03/2013

JS BACH Partita BWV1005 BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No 9

It may look on the outside like a bit of a pops disc (best-known Bach and Beethoven, and white-knuckle showpieces...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2013

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