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HANDEL Works For Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (Ibrahim Aziz)

It’s the non-Handel works and the music not originally for viola da gamba that are particularly interesting on this new...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2020

GRIEG Violin Sonatas (Elena Urioste)

Grieg’s violin sonatas still seem to get a raw deal on disc. And yet, as the composer himself said, ‘these...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2020

GOULD; GULDA String Quartets

This disc is a real find. Glenn Gould and Friedrich Gulda are still familiar names as performers of the first...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020

FINE Five for Five

Michael Fine may not be familiar to many as a composer but for three decades he worked very successfully as...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 05/2020

ENESCU; MENDELSSOHN Octets (Gringolts Quartet & Meta4)

When it comes to choosing a recommendable version of Enescu’s fiery and tightly argued Octet, a work written in 1900...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2020

BRAHMS Sonatas Opp 78 & 12 (Wallfisch & York)

It’s not certain who arranged Brahms’s First Violin Sonata for cello, but I’d bet it wasn’t the composer. As the...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2020

BEETHOVEN String Quartets (Kuss Quartet)

These 2019 live performances originate from an annual event at Tokyo’s acoustically accommodating Suntory Hall which, as part of its...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2020

BACEWICZ Chamber Music

An unqualified good news story in recent years has been the steady increase in recordings of the music of Grażyna...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2020

Chineke! Spark Catchers

Chineke! are more than just a (first-rate) orchestra showcasing the talents of black and minority ethnic (BME) musicians – their...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020

'Not Now, Bernard' and other stories

David McKee’s children’s story Not Now, Bernard is wonderfully double-edged, attractive to youngsters because of the monster who eats children...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020

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