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American Sonatas for Violin and Piano

Virgil Thomson said it best: ‘The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW17

Soulmates: Music For Cello, Clarinet, and Piano

Beethoven and Brahms’s clarinet trios make a superb pair. They share the same instrumentation, of course, yet also serve as foils...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW17

HAYDN; CPE BACH Cello Concertos (Isserlis)

It’s a comparatively rare event for an artist to be afforded the luxury of recording a major work for a second time....

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: AW17

PICKARD Sixteen Sunrises. Symphony No 5

The chief work on BIS’s fourth CD devoted to the music of John Pickard (b1963) is his Fifth and most...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW17

SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony STRAUSS Metamorphosen

Rarely have I been as moved by Strauss’s ‘Study for 23 solo strings’, his in memoriam to a severely bruised culture and to bombed...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW17

Edinburgh 1742

The music of Francesco Barsanti (c1690-1775) normally only makes it on to a recording when it shows its Scottish accent....

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW17

Nelson Freire: Brahms

Brahms’s Third Sonata has been a calling card for Nelson Freire since the earliest days – for his farewell recital in Rio de...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW17

Reformation 1517‑2017

The face of Martin Luther stares out from the cover of this latest disc from the Choir of Clare College,...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW17

Music for Troubled Times

William Lawes is better known for his instrumental music than for vocal music, and his brother Henry’s reputation today rests...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW17

Baroque Cantatas from Gdańsk

This enjoyable recording, the first of an intended series on music in Baltic countries, presents a series of Lutheran cantatas written...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW17

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