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VOLLRATH Souls in Transitions

Carl Vollrath (b1931) was a new name to me when this delightful disc of piano trios dropped through my letterbox....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2019

QUAYLE String Quartets Nos 1-3 (Avalon String Quartet)

Now in his early forties, Matthew Quayle has amassed a catalogue of almost 50 works in a range of genres....

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 04/2019

CARPENTER From the Valley of Baca

David Owen Carpenter (b1972) was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, though is now resident in Philadelphia, and is an alumnus of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2019

ANDERSON-BAZZOLI Continent's End

Nearly everything about this disc arrives like a bolt out of the blue. The poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was quite...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 04/2019

French Cello Concertos. Russian Cello Concertos

As debut solo albums go, the Korean cellist Hee-Young Lim’s Abbey Road-recorded programme of French cello concertos – with the...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 04/2019

Lucie Horsch: Baroque Journey

What a welcome sight it has been for a second disc from Decca’s young Dutch recorder champion Lucie Horsch to...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 04/2019

TIPPETT Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 (Brabbins)

The Tippett who wrote the Third and Fourth Symphonies between 1970 and 1977 was, inevitably, a rather different composer from...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 04/2019

DUN Violin Concertos (Eldbjørg Hemsing)

Whoever said that old forms were dead? The concerto has enjoyed a new lease of life during the past few...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 04/2019

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 12 (Meister)

There is only the most tenuous connection between the two main works on this disc: Russia pre- and post-Revolution. Both...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2019

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos 6 & 7 (Nelsons)

We’ve come to expect a clear-sighted brilliance and technical excellence from this series. It’s become something of a benchmark in...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2019

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