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SIMAKU 'Con-ri-sonanza'

The music of Albanian-born, York-based composer Thomas Simaku (b1958) is something of a well-kept secret, though two discs of his...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2021

Calidore String Quartet: Babel

Robert Schumann, the American Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winner Caroline Shaw and Shostakovich may not seem obvious string quartet bedfellows,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2021

SAINT-SAËNS Sonatas & Trio

Bertrand Chamayou, whose performances of Saint-Saëns’s Second and Fifth Piano Concertos with the French National Orchestra and Emmanuel Krivine won...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2021

NONO La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura

Nono’s late style brings music to the verge of silence. The dynamic strays above pianissimo only occasionally. Pitch material is...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 02/2021

MOZART Gran Partita SIMPSON Geysir

‘Glorious and grand, magnificent and sublime’, ran a contemporary verdict on Mozart’s Gran Partita, music that both crowns and transcends...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2021

MASON Zwischen den Sternen. Songbooks, Vol 1

‘Zwischen den Sternen’ – ‘Between the stars’ – are the opening words of one of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Sonnets to...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 02/2021

HAYDN String Quartets, Op 74. Scottish folk tunes (Maxwell Quartet)

Whereas Haydn’s earlier quartets were designed for players and a small group of connoisseurs, his Opp 71 and 74 were...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2021

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos. 7 & 10 (James Ehnes)

It’s been said before but it’s worth restating: Beethoven described both of the works on this album as sonatas for...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2021

Emmanuel Pahud: Beethoven

Beethoven’s output of chamber music foregrounding the flute is early and not extensive, so flautists understandably appropriate arrangements of works...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2021

BEACH; CLARKE; IVES Piano Trios (Gould Piano Trio)

A welcome release from The Gould Piano Trio, now into its third decade, whose repertoire stretches right across this medium....

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2021

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