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Beau Soir: Works for Violin and Piano

The name of Kyung Wha Chung automatically compels respect, and it might be argued that if any artist has earned...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2018

CRESSWELL Music For String Quartet

Born in New Zealand though long resident in Edinburgh, Lyell Cresswell (b1944) is among those ‘well-respected if not widely known’...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2018

BOCCHERINI Apocryphal Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

This disc’s cover image – violinist Emilio Moreno selecting a patterned shirt from a bundle on a hanger, jacket gripped...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2018

BEETHOVEN Sonatas for Piano & Violin, Vol 2 (Hanslip & Driver)

‘It’s not always about making the most beautiful sound … some of the writing is quite violent …’ So observed...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2018

BARTÓK; BRAHMS String Quartets (Ariel Quartet)

The Ariel Quartet was formed in Jerusalem nearly 20 years ago when its members – barely into their teens at...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2018

JS BACH Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord (Marc & Pierre Hantaï )

While I can’t claim to have heard every recording of JS Bach’s works for solo flute and harpsichord in the...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 06/2018

BACEWICZ String Quintets and Quartets

One of the joys of reviewing is when a minor composer belatedly receives their due. This isn’t one of those...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2018

ANDERSON Landfall

In late 2012 Hurricane Sandy struck New York City, causing widespread flooding, chaos and carnage. Landfall represents Laurie Anderson’s response...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2018

Andreas Haefliger: Perspectives 7

The booklet essay is cagey about the rationale behind Andreas Haefliger’s latest instalment of ‘programme constellations’ each built around a...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2018

Paganini at the Piano

My first exposure to the playing of the Croatian pianist Goran Filipec was on a stunning disc of Paganini studies...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2018

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