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HARBISON Symphony No 4 STUCKY Concerto No 2

This appears to be the second time on CD that David Alan Miller pairs John Harbison and the late Steven...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2018

DAUGHERTY Dreamachine. Trail of Tears

Michael Daugherty (b1954) has 20 concertos to his name and this highly enjoyable Naxos disc draws together three of his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2018

Victoria Bond: Soul of a Nation

At a time when presidential character has become a focus of international debate, Victoria Bond’s optimistic quartet of narrated musical...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2018

Solitude (Dudok Quartet)

Creating a concept quartet album takes more than simply giving it a title. But this is something of a speciality...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2018

Life Force

Don’t judge this disc by its cover. The artwork is the usual moody monochrome of a young soloist in a...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 09/2018

An English Sett for Trumpet

The premise of Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and Daniel-Ben Pienaar’s latest reimagining of the music of the past for modern trumpet and...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2018

RIDOUT String Quartets (Coull Quartet)

He may be held in affection by those who knew him but the music of Alan Ridout (1934 96) has...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2018

Schumann Quartet: Intermezzo

It has been quite a month for concept albums from string quartets. Having also reviewed the Dudok’s imaginative ‘Solitude’ (see...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2018

MACMILLAN String Quartets (Royal Quartet)

The cover of this disc of string quartets by James MacMillan is a simple illustration of a dense, web-like tangle...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2018

HOLLOWAY Trios (Rest Ensemble)

Robin Holloway once stated that as a young composer he wanted to be ‘a Modern among the Moderns’. Now in...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2018

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