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TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartets Vol 1 (Dudok Quartet)
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 Piano Quartet. Metamorphosis (Trio Arnold)
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
SCHUBERT String Quartets D112; 887
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
LOEFFLER Octet DEBUSSY Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
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
Serenade - Works for Clarinet and Strings by Krenek, Gál and Penderecki
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
FUCHS Violin Sonatas Nos 4-6 (Hyejin Chung)
Robert Fuchs is a largely forgotten name these days but in 19th-century Vienna he was very much an established part...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2024
BRAHMS; LIGETI; MOZART; SCHUMANN Horn Trios
The rhetorical question arises, listening to this particular instrumental line-up: why doesn’t every composer write a horn trio? In the...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2024
Music of Martin Boykan Vol 3
Best known for his writings on music (notably The Power of the Moment; Pendragon Press: 2011), Martin Boykan (1931-2021) was...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2024
'Between Two Worlds'
As his extensive discography makes plain, clarinettist Guy Yehuda is always on the lookout to place Jewish-related music and Jewish...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2024
BEETHOVEN Early String Quartets
These are, in their own modest way, quite daring interpretations of Beethoven’s six ‘early’ quartets. There have been other recordings...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2024
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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