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Review of DVOŘÁK Piano Trios Nos 3 & 4

DVOŘÁK Piano Trios Nos 3 & 4

Unlike the Florestan Trio, who celebrated their birth with these very two Dvořák trios, the Wanderer have waited 30 years...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2017

Review of CRANE 6 Trios, 2 Solos and 1 Quintet

CRANE 6 Trios, 2 Solos and 1 Quintet

Another month, another disc from the British composer Laurence Crane, which suggests that the concerted efforts of labels such as...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 04/2017

Review of BRAHMS Piano Quartet No 2 MAHLER Piano Quartet

BRAHMS Piano Quartet No 2 MAHLER Piano Quartet

In January I enthused about the first instalment of Brahms piano quartets from this Russo-German alliance. Now comes the remaining...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2017

Review of BRAHMS Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3

BRAHMS Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3

Ingolf Turban marks 30 years of performing with the release of this recital recorded live in Munich last April. He...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2017

Review of BEETHOVEN; FRANCK Violin Sonatas transcribed for Cello

BEETHOVEN; FRANCK Violin Sonatas transcribed for Cello

‘Up high it sounds nasal, and down low it grumbles’: Dvořák’s supposed comment about the solo cello came to mind...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2017

Review of ALWYN String Quartets Nos 10 - 13

ALWYN String Quartets Nos 10 - 13

Although William Alwyn’s extensive catalogue includes three ‘official’ string quartets dating from 1953, 1975 and 1984, his relationship with the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2017

Review of La storia di Orfeo

La storia di Orfeo

What a brilliant idea. Taking the best of three different Orpheus operas and weaving them together into a single composite,...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2017

Review of WAGNER Das Liebesverbot

WAGNER Das Liebesverbot

Wagner’s second complete opera mostly switched allegiance to contemporary Italian (Donizetti, Rossini) and French (Auber, Hérold) models rather than German...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 04/2017

Review of THOMMESSEN The Hermaphrodite

THOMMESSEN The Hermaphrodite

The Hermaphrodite is described as a ‘chamber opera in seven parts’, but that’s only part of the story. The work...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2017

Review of ROSSINI Armida

ROSSINI Armida

The tale of Rinaldo the Crusader knight caught in the toils of the sorceress Armida had been popular with composers...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 04/2017


 

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