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BRAHMS Violin Sonatas Vol 2 (Ulf Wallin)

The black-and-white publicity photos in the CD booklet show two quite severe-looking musicians (the pianist seems to be glowering), a...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2020

BEETHOVEN String Quintets Opp 29 & 104. Fugue op 137

It’s perhaps not surprising that Beethoven’s string quintets feature less highly in his output than do similar works by Mozart...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2020

BEETHOVEN Septet REICHA Grande Symphonie No 1

Two sestercentennial composers are celebrated here: one with an early chamber work that barely wants for recordings, the other with...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2020

BARTÓK; KORNGOLD Piano Quintets (Goldner Quartet)

In an interesting note for this valuable if somewhat uneven coupling, Ben Winters makes the point that ‘both quintets were...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2020

BACH; HANDEL 'An imaginary meeting'

As its name suggests, ‘An Imaginary Meeting’ musically enacts one of the greatest missed opportunities in musical history – a...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2020

JS BACH 6 Flute Sonatas (Michala Petri)

Mahan Esfahani is characteristically pugnacious in his defence of these six works, in terms of their quality and authenticity, and...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2020

David Childs: The Symphonic Euphonium II

Vaughan Williams wrote his Concerto in F minor for bass tuba and orchestra for Philip Catelinet, who gave the premiere...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2020

The Godfather: Masters of the German & Italian Baroque

Who’s the one demanding respect here? Well, it’s Telemann, who stood at the font for Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. But...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2020

Emmanuel Pahud: Dreamtime

This album’s title, ‘Dreamtime’, suggests a programme of quiet listening – a slew of soothing adagios, perhaps – but it’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2020

TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker (Jurowski)

Santa’s sleigh may have delivered this disc a fraction too late for our December issue, but then The Nutcracker isn’t...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2020

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