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JS BACH Piano Transcriptions

As we enter double figures in Hyperion’s distinguished series of transcriptions of Bach for piano, we are reminded of how...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 06/2012

JS BACH Organ Works

It is obvious from the very opening of the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue that we are in the presence of...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 06/2012

JS BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier

Here we have two quite different approaches to the ‘48’: Peter Hill plays Book 2 on a modern Steinway, while...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2012

British Clarinet Sonatas

English clarinet music of the 20th century is something of a phenomenon. Perhaps by dint of the clarinet’s lyrical disposition,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 06/2012

1600: Masterpieces of 17th-century Italian Instrumental Music

Rinaldo Alessandrini’s chronological survey of Italian music for four-part strings from the seicento stretches from a canzona published in Venice...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2012

TURINA Chamber Music

Bravo to the Nash Ensemble for championing these chamber works by Joaquín Turina. Neither of Turina’s compatriots and mentors, Albéniz...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2012

SARASATE Music for Violin and Piano

The young Chinese violinist Tianwa Yang has made a speciality of playing and recording the spectacular violin works of the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 06/2012

MENDELSSOHN Trios Nos 1 & 2 SCHUMANN Clavierstücke Op 56

The debut collaboration of these three distinguished soloists is less of an ego-fest than you might imagine. The reciprocity in...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2012

LANGGAARD String Quartets Nos 2, 3 & 6

The majority of Langgaard’s 10 string quartets (only six of which are numbered) are concentrated in his twenties and early...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2012

GLAZUNOV String Quartets Nos 3 & 4

That Glazunov’s chamber music is often dismissed as old-fashioned isn’t necessarily a bad thing and although, as their teacher, Prokofiev...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2012

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