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FAURÉ; DEBUSSY; SZYMANOWSKI Violin Sonatas

It’s a violin contest we have to thank for this new duo partnership between longstanding DG artist Rafał Blechacz and...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2019

BONS Nomaden

For decades after it was first given in 1985, the Grawemeyer Award was mostly canonical, honouring composers who most regular...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 05/2019

BEETHOVEN String Quartets Vol 11 (Cuarteto Casals)

Bored of Beethoven? Judging from the advance reaction to next year’s 250th anniversary celebrations, some people already are. Perhaps you...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2019

BARTÓK; BEETHOVEN; DEBUSSY String Quartets

This disc is a sort of 10th-anniversary gift from the Benyounes Quartet to themselves: a programme of three works with...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2019

The Trio Sonata Project: JS Bach

‘The Trio Sonata Project’ takes inspiration from the Baroque practice of arranging pre existing music by other composers for a...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2019

ALWYN; CARWITHEN Music for String Quartet

The string quartet as a genre always held a special fascination for William Alwyn and while a young composer he...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 05/2019

JS BACH Solo Cello Suites (Gerhardt)

Like many cellists, Alban Gerhardt says he has been wary of recording the Bach Suites before he was good and...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2019

MENDELSSOHN Piano Concertos (Lisiecki)

This is the third account I’ve had of Mendelssohn’s concertos in as many months and, from the off, the young...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2019

JS BACH Violin Concertos (Isabelle Faust)

That Isabelle Faust and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin have let this Bach violin concertos album run to nearly...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2019

MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Fischer)

I honestly can’t remember hearing a performance of this extraordinary symphony that was so plainly in love with its ethos,...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2019

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