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JS BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

From the sound you might expect this performance by the Czech violinist Pavel porcl to be a straightforward period-instrument recording....

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 02/2016

KORNGOLD; BRITTEN Violin Concertos

Collectors of a certain age may look askance at the packaging (there are no fewer than five photographs of the...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 02/2016

Mahler Symphony No 9 – Abbado

The fact that Mahler’s Ninth no longer presents a fierce challenge to orchestras and their musicians can bring losses as...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2011

WAGNER Lohengrin

To date Knappertsbusch has been represented in Lohengrin only sporadically on disc. This new discovery still provides a late throw...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2016

BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Cello and Piano

This is the third instalment in François-Frédéric Guy’s traversal of Beethoven and the first to delve into the chamber music....

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2016

Music, When Soft Voices Die

Is there a less fashionable genre than the part-song? Despite attempts by the likes of Britten, Moeran and Finzi to...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2016

French Connections

The booklet-writer does his best but it is not easy to work Britten’s The Holy Sonnets of John Donne into...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2016

Coeur - Airs de Cour Français de la fin du XVie siècle

The discography of the air de cour, though not huge, is very distinguished, and Le Poème Harmonique have contributed to...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2016

Cantates et petits macarons

This disc from Poland consists of a pleasant mixture of French cantatas and instrumental pieces which can be enjoyed as...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2016

WOLFE Anthracite Fields

Anthracite Fields is the Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio for choir and six-piece amplified ensemble (specifically the Bang on a Can All-Stars)...

Reviewed by Kate Molleson in issue: 01/2016

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