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TELEMANN Time: Travel
Sometimes, especially in Baroque music where even the most engaging music can tend towards the wallpaper if played with even...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2013
SCHUMANN Piano Trio No 2. Kinderszenen. Piano Quartet
It was through the Piano Quartet that my love affair with Schumann’s chamber music began, when, as a student, I...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2013
FAURÉ Piano Quintet Op 115. Piano Trio Op 120
The unorthodox line-up of the London Bridge Ensemble means that it can create enterprising programmes with ease, though for this...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2013
DVOŘÁK Works for Cello and Piano
In the slow movement of his Cello Concerto, Dvořák quotes from his song ‘Lasst mich allein’, a favourite of his...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2013
BEETHOVEN The Complete String Quartets Vol 1
Rather than presenting their Beethoven set in a neat chronological series, the Belcea Quartet mix quartets of different periods on...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013
BARTÓK Works for Violin and Piano Volume 2
Ehnes gives a stunning account of the Solo Sonata. The impression is that he’s simply following all Bartók’s meticulous direction...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013
JS BACH Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Nos 1-6, BWV1014-1019
In these wonderful sonatas, the majority of movements are written as three-part counterpoint – the harpsichordist’s two hands plus the...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013
Sogno Barocco (Baroque Dream)
More than half of this 12-track disc is taken up by four laments, three of which last around 10 minutes....
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2013
The Sea - Songs by Debussy, Fauré & Schubert
Rarely do you hear, even in the rarefied world of French mélodie and German Lieder, a baritone who sings with...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 02/2013
The Leiden Choirbooks Vol III
This two-CD set is the third of a series devoted to a mid-16th-century group of six choirbooks preserved in the...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 02/2013
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Book review - Edward Elgar and Adrian Boult (by Nigel Simeone)
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Box-set round-up: April 2025 (Stokowski, Dorati, Fiorentino)
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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