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French Elegance

This disc is aptly titled. In terms of their playing, Belgians Roeland Hendrikx and Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort tackle standards of the...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2016

SOLER 6 Concerti for 2 Keyboards

Despite their title, Antonio Soler’s Seis Conciertos de dos organos obligados are most definitely works for two harpsichords. All but...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2016

SIBELIUS Music for Violin and PIano

These national stereotypes are nothing if not persistent. In direct contrast to the cool, tight, conscientious tone offered by Baiba...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2016

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos 5, 8 & 11

By my reckoning the Quatuor Debussy have now recorded eight of the 15 Shostakovich quartets, and they sound fully at...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2016

SCHUBERT Piano Trios

Three leading period instrumentalists play three of the finest chamber works of the early 19th century, and the disc is...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2016

MOZART Gran Partita. Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Here are two different takes on much-loved Mozart scores, both with fair claims to authenticity. One is an arrangement of...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2016

DVOŘÁK String Quintet No 3. Piano Quintet No 2

Listening first time around to pianist Oliver Triendl and the Vogler Quartet in the great Dvořák (second) Piano Quintet I...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2016

BIBER Rosary (Mystery) Sonatas

Recordings of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas have been appearing at a steady rate (once a year on average) over the last...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2016

BEETHOVEN Complete Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano

With this new release, Gautier Capuçon and his regular pianist Frank Braley enter a field crowded with stellar performances from...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2016

ABRAHAMSEN Air SØRENSON It is Pain Flowing Down Slowly

‘Nothing is determined in advance of the music of Hans Abrahamsen and Bent Sørensen,’ writes Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli in...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2016

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