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Voyage of a sea-god (Laurence Perkins)

Performer, teacher and promoter – Laurence Perkins was ideally placed to have created this anthology with ‘the bassoon leading a...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2021

Nostalgic Russia

Hideko Udagawa’s second contribution to Northern Flowers’ ‘St Petersburg Musical Archive’ series is a similar compilation of shorter collections and...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2021

The King's Alchemist: British String Trios (Eblana String Trio)

Finzi dedicated the 1938 Prelude and Fugue for string trio to his counterpoint teacher RO Morris (1886-1948), the last of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2021

Michael Collins: La Clarinette Parisienne

Michael Collins and Noriko Ogawa’s survey of French clarinet music interweaves sonatas by Poulenc and Saint-Saëns with four works written...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2021

Luis Cabrera: Canto interno

What an eloquent player Luis Cabrera is. In his extensive booklet note, the Spanish-born bassist explains that the album’s title,...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2021

RAVEL; SAINT-SAËNS Piano Trios (Sitkovetsky Trio)

Much admired in these pages for their interpretations of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, the Sitkovetskys make their first foray into French...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2021

PENDERECKI Complete Music for String Quartet & String Trio

While Penderecki’s intimate relationship with string instruments is well known, his output for string quartet per se is curious, not...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 09/2021

MOZART Sonatas for Violin & Piano, K 301, 304, 305 & 454 (Peter Hanson)

Peter Hanson has enjoyed a long career in period ensembles, primarily as leader of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique since...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2021

MOZART Prussian Quartets (Doric String Quartet)

Mozart complained that these three quartets – which may or may not have been commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm II...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2021

MENDELSSOHN String Quintets (Bartholdy Quintett)

This album offers a stirring and refreshing journey through the lights and shades of Mendelssohn’s lyrical and ethereal quintets. The...

Reviewed by Amy Blier-Carruthers in issue: 09/2021

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