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HAYDN String Quartets Op 33 (Doric String Quartet)

Haydn had already acquired a reputation for the antic and the eccentric – inspired or downright offensive, according to taste...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW20

BRAHMS Clarinet Sonatas (Widmann)

As is evident from both the booklet notes and their playing, Jörg Widmann and András Schiff share a love of...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20

BRAHMS Cello Sonatas (Luigi Piovano. Daniel Müller-Schott)

Two new recordings centred around the Brahms cello sonatas – what riches! Daniel Müller-Schott makes his second appearance on disc...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW20

What's Next Vivaldi? (Patricia Kopatchinskaja)

I listened to an awful lot of Vivaldi concertos during lockdown – all 484 of those currently available on disc....

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20

Jess Gillam: Time

The classical saxophone album often appears in one of two basic formats. First, there’s the variety-pack version, which blends core...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW20

Michel Portal, Paul Meyer: Double

‘Double’ clarinets could, I suppose, have been a bit of a procession of unremarkable and maybe overlong Classical and early...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW20

Beethoven's Ninth: Symphony for the World

‘A breathtaking documentary about the greatest symphony of all time.’ ‘Not just for fans of classical music!’ You have been...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20

Thibaut Garcia: Aranjuez

Is 26-year-old Franco-Spanish guitarist Thibaut Garcia’s account of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez one of the finest ever recorded? Quite possibly....

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW20

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake (Rouvali)

Like Oliver Twist, I’m left wanting more. Clearly this suite from Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece was part of a larger concert programme...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW20

STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung. Don Juan (Ticciati)

For his first Richard Strauss album, Robin Ticciati offers a welcome deviation from the standard. We’ve got two of the...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW20

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