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VILLA-LOBOS Complete Violin Sonatas (Emmanuele Baldini)

Although they have tended to be overshadowed in the context of his large and diverse output, the violin sonatas by...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW21

THORVALDSDÓTTIR 'Enigma' (Spektral Quartet)

Sono Luminus’s recent reissue of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s debut album on Innova, ‘Rhízōma‘ (2011), served as a good reminder that while...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW21

PROKOFIEV Romeo & Juliet SCHUMANN Dichterliebe

Something old, something new, something borrowed … I guess all transcriptions are borrowed – or purloined – and viola players...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW21

PENDERECKI Complete String Quartets (Silesian Quartet)

Hot on the heels of the Tippett Quartet’s marvellous recent disc of Penderecki’s complete string quartets comes this superb account...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW21

MOZART String Quartets Dedicated To Joseph Haydn (Cuarteto Casals)

‘Too highly seasoned’, ran an early review of Mozart’s six ‘Haydn’ Quartets. ‘And whose palate can endure this for long?’...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW21

MOZART String Quartets – Dedicated To Haydn, Vol 2 (Engegård Quartet)

The Engegård Quartet last appeared in these pages in a pairing of Schumann’s Piano Quartet and Quintet (with Nils Anders...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW21

FELDMAN Verses

In recent years, Another Timbre has established itself as a vital new-music label. Its releases tend towards quiet, slow music...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: AW21

BRUCH Piano Trio. String Quartet. Romance. 4 Pieces

It’s funny to think that Max Bruch was once viewed as a modernist. But when his Op 5 Piano Trio...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW21

BRAHMS; ZEMLINSKY Piano Trios (Feininger Trio)

The Berlin-based Feininger Piano Trio embark upon a project to record the three Brahms trios, coupling them with music by...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW21

BARBER; IVES String Quartets (Escher String Quartet)

Presented here are the quartets of Barber and Ives, including a surprise extra: the original finale for the Barber, which...

Reviewed by Amy Blier-Carruthers in issue: AW21

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