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MOZART Piano Trios (M Barenboim, D Barenboim & Soltani)

Naturally, the big personality here is Barenboim. Not Daniel but Michael Barenboim, his violinist son, himself an estimable soloist in...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2019

KODÁLY Cello Sonatina, Cello Sonata, Duo for Cello and Violin

Julian Steckel digs into the first chord of Kodály’s Solo Sonata (1914) with a gruff flourish, and from there his...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2019

HANDEL Complete Solo Sonatas (Il Rossignolo)

Perhaps surprisingly, this chunky four CD set from Il Rossignolo stands as the very first complete recording of all Handel’s...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2019

DOHNÁNYI Piano Quintet. String Quartet No 2

In another life Marc-André Hamelin might have made a great political agitator, or even an evangelist. He has an unbeatable...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2019

BRAHMS; SCHUBERT The Complete Duos / Coda

Pieter Wispelwey’s multi-album mission to record all of Brahms’s and Schubert’s duos – not just the ones for cello –...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2019

BEETHOVEN String Quartets Nos 7 & 8 (Quatuor Ébène)

A well-spaced recording from the chamber music hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus places the Ébène players in the traditional layout,...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2019

BEACH; CLARKE; FARRENC Piano Trios (Neave Trio)

There are some half-dozen accounts of Amy Beach’s 1938 Trio (in A minor, not specified on the disc) currently available...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2019

Prism II (Danish String Quartet)

Polystylism was until quite recently a backhanded compliment thrown at Schnittke, and yet the presence of the Third Quartet is...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2019

This Is Rattle

In releasing films of significant recent concerts in toto on their own label, the LSO evidently have a marketing plan...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2019

Annelien Van Wauwe: Belle Époque

Think of La belle époque and I’m not sure Johannes Brahms necessarily springs to mind. Nevertheless, his First Clarinet Sonata,...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2019

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