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SCHUBERT Schwanengesang

Right from the start, this Schwanengesang has two major virtues that should come as no surprise to anyone aware of...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2016

Purcell Songs Realised by Britten

Is this set for lovers of Purcell or Britten? Or perhaps both? Now that we have ample opportunity to hear...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 06/2016

Du MONT O Mysterium: Motets & Elévations

Henri Du Mont was a key figure at the court of Louis XIV. Born in Flanders in 1610, he moved...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 06/2016

Ton Koopman at the Zacharias Hildebrandt Organ

Few organists specialising in the great oeuvres of 17th- and 18th-century North Europe find such satisfying complicity between the instrument,...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 06/2016

TELEMANN 12 Fantaisies pour la basse de violle

Last October it was announced that a copy of Telemann’s 12 fantasias for solo viola da gamba, known to have...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2016

Simon Trpčeski plays Brahms, Ravel & Poulenc

With few exceptions, Poulenc’s piano music is so seldom programmed that hearing a representative selection almost seems a discovery. The...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2016

Spectrum

Less may be more but more is even better – or so Benjamin Beilman seems to think. This 26-year-old American...

Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 06/2016

DEBUSSY String Quartet FRANCK Piano Quintet

When the seasoned artistry of the Takács Quartet blends with the thoughtful brilliance of Marc-André Hamelin, a rare alchemy occurs....

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2016

BRAHMS String Quartet No 1. Piano Quintet

This pairing of the C minor Quartet and Piano Quintet comes a couple of years after the Brodsky’s first disc...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2016

ADÈS Arcadiana NØRGÅRD String Quartet No 1 ABRAHAMSEN String Quartet No 1

Though recorded five months earlier, this disc closely resembles a concert the Danish Quartet gave in October, marking the beginning...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 06/2016

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