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Some 12 years have passed since my previous review of Bach’s Six Trio Sonatas for organ. On that occasion (1/12)...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2024
Bach’s Art of Fugue has, arguably, fared better on piano than harpsichord, especially in recent years, with fine renditions from...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 07/2024
Benjamin Alard’s project to record Bach’s complete harpsichord and organ music is laudable and ambitious, of interest in particular for...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2024
‘What in the dazes is Pre-Raphaelite music?’ I hear you ask – as well you might, as this is a...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2024
Modern recordings of Arnold Bax’s great Viola Sonata are thin on the ground and so it is a joy to...
Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 07/2024
The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam enjoy a healthy Tchaikovsky lineage. They studied with Marc Danel, whose Quatuor Danel in turn studied...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2024
Strauss’s chamber music output for strings is such that there aren’t many obvious programming combinations. As a result, this isn’t...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2024
In an interesting booklet note for this formidably competitive release, Richard Wigmore remarks, concerning the epic Quartet No 15 in...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2024
Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935) is one of the most fascinating figures in American music. Born near Berlin and raised in...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2024
All is well with the world in these serenades by Gál and Krenek, which breathe the same Viennese air of...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2024
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'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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