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FINZI By Footpath and Stile

Originally issued in 2012 as a digital-only offering, this lovely Finzi programme now makes a welcome debut on silver disc....

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2019

FINGER Violin Sonatas

Gottfried Finger (1655-1730) is one of those figures you might know from mixed-composer discs but rarely find as a sole...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 09/2019

KERNIS; DEBUSSY String Quartets (Jasper Quartet)

As viola player Sam Quintal’s introductory note celebrates, this disc ‘marks the culmination’ of the Jasper Quartet’s 10-year involvement with...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2019

CARBONELLI Sonate da Camera Nos 7-12

When Bojan Čičić and his Illyria Consort gave us the first six of Carbonelli’s set of 12 violin sonatas (8/17),...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2019

BRAHMS Violin Sonatas, Vol 1 (Ulf Wallin)

Let’s not get embroiled in the argument as to whether there really are five Brahms violin sonatas – Ulf Wallin...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2019

spark

Since 1993 the Common Sense Composers’ Collective has created more than 70 new works, released four albums and produced five...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2019

EBEN In Heaven

An entire disc running close to an hour devoted to pieces for girls’ chorus, either a cappella or accompanied by...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2019

HANDEL Dixit Dominus BACH; SCHÜTZ Motets

Showing that Toronto is not the only Canadian city capable of producing superb period ensembles, the Ottawa Bach Choir, conducted...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2019

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Repast Baroque Ensemble)

The Repast Baroque Ensemble members approached arranging Bach’s Goldberg Variations by first singing through the score and then trying out...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2019

The Young Debussy

This film records François-Xavier Roth’s first concert as principal guest conductor of the LSO, after some years working together on...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2019

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