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TURINA Complete Violiin Sonatas

Turina’s two numbered violin sonatas date from 1929 and 1933 34, either side – by a couple of years –...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2017

Paul Reale: CME Presents Piano Celebration, Vol 2

Here’s a portion of what the American composer Paul Reale states in the notes about his works for two pianos...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 05/2015

R LOMON Shadowing

Ruth Lomon (b1930) is Canadian-born and, after studying at the Conservatoire de Québec and McGill University, continued at the New...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2017

HIGDON All Things Majestic. Oboe Concerto. Viola Concerto

The orchestra is an enormous canvas to which Jennifer Higdon applies subtle and bold colours. Her ability to use instruments...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 05/2017

Love's Signature

The American composer Juliana Hall has devoted herself to the art song for nearly three decades. Her sensitivity to words...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 05/2017

Christopher Houlihan Plays Bach

Christopher Houlihan commences BWV542’s Fantasia with a delightful introductory flourish, and characterises the rippling fireworks and introspective interludes with strikingly...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

Russian Masters

Anyone planning an all-Russian cello recital has a wonderfully rich menu to choose from. And with over 80 minutes of...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2017

Nordsending

Cellist Jakob Kullberg’s immersion in the works of Per Nørgård has seen him enlist his trio colleagues for this assembly...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2017

4 Cities

Anyone familiar with the alluring quasi-minimalist music of the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt could easily draw parallels between Holt’s...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2017

Preghiera

It would be very easy for Daniil Trifonov, only just 26 and with the world at his feet, to spend...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2017

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