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STRAUSS Violin Sonata Op 18 RESPIGHI Violin Sonata, P110

Both Respighi and Richard Strauss made their reputations with large-scale orchestral works, at one time described by the critics as...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 02/2013

SMETANA Piano Trio Op 15 RAVEL Piano Trio

Spannungen, the world’s only festival in a hydroelectric power station, continues to go from strength to strength under the aegis...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2013

ORR Chamber Music for Strings

The beautifully crafted music of Buxton Orr (1924-97) has been shockingly neglected. Here is a composer, born in Scotland, who...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 02/2013

MOZART Violin Sonatas K454, K379, K526

This disc brings together two musicians absolutely at the top of their game and with long experience of working together,...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2013

MENDELSSOHN String Quartets Op 44/1&2; Op 80

The Mandelring Quartet’s first release in their complete cycle of Mendelssohn’s chamber music for strings included the Opp 12 and...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 02/2013

LAWES Consort to the Organ

It is good to welcome a second disc of the Carolingian composer William Lawes (1602-45) so soon after the excellent...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 02/2013

HENZE Kammermusik 1958. Apollo et Hyazinthus. Canzone

Apollo et Hyazinthus (1948-49) marks an early stage in Hans Werner Henze’s lifelong quest for a viable way of countering...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 02/2013

HAGSTEDT Sinfonia per due violini. Depurazione

If Swedish music often seems to present a case of missed opportunities, there is no lack of worthy composers with...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 02/2013

H DAVIES Chamber Works

No information is provided about composer Hywel Davies anywhere on this release containing 17 of his short pieces. That’s just...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2013

DVOŘÁK String Quartets Vol 1

My advice is to tackle Op 34 first, undoubtedly one of Dvořák’s early masterpieces, and although the Vogler Quartet opt...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2013

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