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Around Mozart: A Journey through the Golden Age of the Oboe Quartet

We’re grabbed by an arresting and self-assured anacrusis, a captivating fullness of tone. But it’s not just a case of...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2021

WEINBERG String Quartets Nos 2, 5 & 8 (Arcadia Quartet)

It was likely that Chandos, given its extensive coverage of his orchestral output, would turn to the string quartets of...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2021

WALTON Piano Quartet. Violin Sonata. Toccata

This recording of Walton’s Piano Quartet, composed during 1918 19, is a most welcome addition to the catalogue in that...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 03/2021

SCHNITTKE Works for Violin and Piano (Daniel Hope)

When he was 15, Daniel Hope heard a fellow student play Schnittke’s First Violin Sonata, sparking what’s become a lifelong...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2021

RINCK Chamber Music Vols 1 & 2 (Trio Parnassus)

Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846) was a celebrated organist in his day and is best known for the music he...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2021

MUNKTELL Violin Sonata. Dix Mélodies. Piano Trio

Helena Munktell (1852-1919) studied singing and piano in Stockholm, Vienna and Paris, was elected to the Swedish Royal Academy in...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2021

HOLMBOE String Quartets, Vol 1 (Nightingale String Quartet)

Holmboe’s First and Third Quartets (both completed in 1949) first appeared on LP in the 1950s, recorded respectively by the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2021

BRAGA SANTOS Chamber Music Vols 2 & 3

Joly Braga Santos (1924-88) was a figure of exceptional importance in Portuguese music, as anyone who has heard the first...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2021

BEETHOVEN Cello Sonatas Op 5 (Raphael Pidoux)

This recording has two claims on your attention. It’s the latest release in Harmonia Mundi’s ‘Stradivari’ project showcasing historic instruments...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2021

JS BACH Sonatas for Viola and Harpsichord BWV 1027-1029 (Marie Stockmarr Becker)

The album’s opener, Bach’s Sonata in G, BWV1027, is lovely. Marie Stockmarr Becker and Ilaria Macedonio perform the Adagio with...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2021

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