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SCHUBERT Fantasy, D934. Rondo, D895. Violin Sonata, D574
This is a fascinating Schubert recital from Carolin Widmann and Alexander Lonquich. It’s cunningly programmed, with the Fantasie placed first...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2012
KORNGOLD Quintet, Op 15. Sextet, Op 10
It was not so long ago that Korngold was dismissed in some circles as a second-rate composer who sold out...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2012
FINNISSY Second and Third String Quartets
Take a look at Michael Finnissy’s recent work list – it’s there, posted on his website – and ask yourself...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 05/2012
FERRARI Souvenir, Souvenir; Jetzt
However forcefully the young Pierre Boulez pressed the case against neo-classicism, and indeed opera houses, the truth is that his...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 05/2012
ELEH Floating Frequencies/Intuitive Synthesis
Eleh prefers to shield his identity from those who would buy his music. Only in the last year have we...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 05/2012
DEBUSSY; RAVEL String Quartets
The Eroica Quartet have won plenty of plaudits for their previous recordings on Harmonia Mundi. Their latest release, of the...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2012
BUXTEHUDE 7 Trio Sonatas Op 2, BuxWV 259-265
The two currently running series of Buxtehude chamber music seem to be making a good job of keeping off each...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2012
SHOSTAKOVICH; BRITTEN; PROKOFIEV Cello Sonatas
Cellist Jamie Walton and pianist Daniel Grimwood make an outstanding duo, as two earlier CDs for Signum have already demonstrated....
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 05/2012
BRAHMS; LISZT; SCHOENBERG Works for Piano Trio
This disc holds compressed time: that unrepeatable period of a decade or two in German culture in which the good...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2012
BLISS; BRITTEN String Quartets
Founded in 2003, the Barbirolli Quartet brings together four string players trained at the Royal Northern College of Music in...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 05/2012
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
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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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