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JS BACH Cello Suites Nos 1-6, BWV1007-1012

The inclusion of a DVD with Pieter Wispelwey’s third recording of the Bach Suites is an insightful bonus. The Dutch...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2012

VIVALDI The Pisendel Sonatas

Vivaldi’s ‘Pisendel’ Sonatas? Well, we already have Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets, so it’s not too difficult to guess that these sonatas...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue:

SCHUMANN Piano Quintet

The previous Naxos recording of Schumann’s Piano Quintet (Jeno˝ Jandó and the Kodály Quartet) has been a stalwart of the...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2012

SCHUBERT String Quintet. String Quartet D703

It’s nearly 20 years since the Takács last recorded Schubert’s Quintet (with a different line-up and the cellist Miklós Perényi)...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2012

MENDELSSOHN Complete works for cello and piano

Mendelssohn’s major works for cello and piano – the two sonatas and the Variations concertantes – are the ideal fit...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2012

LOCKE The Broken Consort. Suites from Tripla concordia

Peter Holman writes perceptively in the booklet about the trajectory of Matthew Locke’s career from Exeter choirboy to musician at...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2012

LOCATELLI Trio Sonatas

In the history of violin technique, Pietro Locatelli occupies a very distinct and curious position. A child prodigy who possibly...

Reviewed in issue 12/2012

LINDBERG Chamber Works

Although best known for his orchestral works, chamber music constitutes almost as large a part of Magnus Lindberg’s production, reflected...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2012

LAWES The Passion of Musicke

With the harp increasingly used as a continuo instrument in recent decades, the sweet but deeply touching sound world conjured...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2012

HAKIM Saksøbing Præludier

A student of Jean Langlais who succeeded Olivier Messiaen (an obvious influence) at La Trinité, Hakim is an eclectic. He...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2012

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