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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
DEBUSSY Sonatas and Trio
‘The musical genius of France is something like fantasy in sensibility’, said Debussy, and if it’s still hard to swallow...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2017
CAGE Chess Pieces. Four Dances JOHNSON Rational Melodies
As David Lang indicates in his warmly opinionated booklet recollections, Tom Johnson (b1939) is best known as an insightful and...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2017
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Book review - Edward Elgar and Adrian Boult (by Nigel Simeone)
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Box-set round-up: April 2025 (Stokowski, Dorati, Fiorentino)
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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