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BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata Nos 27 - 29

What a pleasure to report the near-simultaneous release of two magnificent new Hammerklaviers by a pair of internationally recognised artists,...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2016

JS BACH Keyboard Suites BWV831, 825 & 809

Geneva-born Fabrizio Chiovetta presents three contrasted suites in this Bach recital. He’s particularly compelling in the least frequently performed of...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2016

Violin Sonatas & Pieces

‘They speak the language of these composers effortlessly and naturally.’ So says the booklet-note of Latvian sisters Lauma and Baiba...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 10/2016

Chant d’automne

Modern Dutch solo brass players have a knack for programming. For Wim Van Hasselt it’s the creative outlet from various...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2016

MOZART Violin Sonatas

When Mozart’s earliest ‘sonatas for keyboard with violin accompaniment’, K6 9, appeared in Paris in 1764, father Leopold wrote of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2016

MARTINŮ Sonatina MOSZKOWSKI Suite

Trio Koch – Luxembourg-based violinist Philippe Koch, his pianist son Jean-Philippe and violinist daughter Laurence – take pride in championing...

Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 10/2016

Viennese Miniatures

‘Lanner, Strauss and their waltzes dominate everything,’ wrote Chopin from Vienna in 1830. Not so much these days. If Johann...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2016

KREISLER; SCHULHOFF; ZEMLINSKY String Quartets

Fritz Kreisler took his only string quartet very seriously indeed, and the Artis Quartet follow suit. Cellist Othmar Müller digs...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2016

KHORKOVA klangNarbe

The music of the Russian composer Marina Khorkova mines the idiom associated with Helmut Lachenmann and developed by Mark Andre...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 10/2016

DVOŘÁK. SMETANA Piano Trios

Having already produced French and Russian albums, the Atos Trio turn their attention to the Czechs. But the works on...

Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 10/2016

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