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New Worlds: Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and Friends

If this disc is Bill Murray’s belated attempt to launch a crossover career as a crooner, it’s an unusual way...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2017

Last Leaf

‘Last Leaf’ refers to the last leaf of parchment in the Codex Runicus, a tome dating from around 1300 that contains one...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017

The Cello in Wartime

Of the numerous First World War-themed recordings that have come our way since 2014, this must be one of the...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2017

BWV … or not?

Does it matter if a classical work is either of uncertain origin, penned by a long-forgotten composer or stylistically atypical of its...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2017

Altri canti d’amor: 17th Century Instrumental Works

Despite the title and repertoire, there is no singing on this well-chosen debut CD release by the Spanish ensemble L’Estro...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2017

USTVOLSKAYA Chamber Music

The music of Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) has divided opinion since bursting on to Western new music a quarter-century ago, and...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2017

TELEMANN Complete Trio Sonatas with Recorder and Viol

>‘How could I possibly remember everything I composed for strings and winds? I particularly devoted myself to the composing of trios … People even flattered...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2017

SCHUBERT Trout Quintet. Notturno. Ave Maria

I have some sympathy for DG. How do you market yet another Schubert Trout Quintet except by emphasising the stars of the...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2017

MCCABE Silver Nocturnes. The Woman by the Sea

Two and a half years after his death, McCabe’s music continues to appear on disc (witness also the marvellous recordings of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017

DVOŘÁK Piano Quartets (Busch Trio, da Silva)

Following their disc of Dvořák piano trios, which Rob Cowan much enjoyed (9/16), the Busch Trio are joined by viola player Miguel da Silva...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2017

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