Review - Charles Ives: The RCA and Columbia Album Anthology
Richard Whitehouse on an inviting anniversary collection devoted to Charles Ives
Michael Gordon (b1956) has enjoyed a productive relationship with the Kronos Quartet stretching back to the beginning of the century,...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW18
‘This composer, who was never given to writing for writing’s sake, must not be regarded as a mere disciple of...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW18
The Peter Dickinson discography has increased substantially in the wake of his 80th birthday, and those having acquired the various...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW18
Chamber music acoustics can be a very personal thing. There’s a tendency today towards either crystal clarity or something a...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW18
Mozart once pronounced the Quintet for piano and wind instruments his favourite among all his works. It’s easy to see...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW18
Beethoven’s Septet of 1799-1800 was one of his early successes, leading to a number of arrangements for more manageable forces....
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW18
Beethoven took tremendous care with his Op 1, striving to present himself to a wider public in the best possible...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW18
Antheil composed his Sonatina and Violin Concerto for Werner Gebauer, a German-born violinist who emigrated to the US in 1938....
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW18
Kalevi Aho likes nothing more than a compositional problem to solve, as witness his 28 concertos, many for unlikely instruments....
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW18
The compelling repertoire that the Asia/America New Music Institute presents on its new disc, ‘Transcendent’, speaks volumes for the high...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW18
Richard Whitehouse on an inviting anniversary collection devoted to Charles Ives
Reinvented almost 60 years since the introduction of the original, this preamp/power amp combination...
‘What emerges is a sense of a musician of true grit and principle, one who fought for what she...
Andrew Farach-Colton on the Channel Classics recordings of Pieter Wispelwey
Rob Cowan immerses himself in collections devoted to three composers and a quartet
David Gutman welcomes two collections released to celebrate the conductor’s career
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