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Review of HAYDN Baryton Trios Vol 2

HAYDN Baryton Trios Vol 2

Haydn’s output for the baryton is one of those facets of his artistry that is more known about than it...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2024

Review of Handel at Home Vol 2: Total Eclipse

Handel at Home Vol 2: Total Eclipse

It’s one thing to say that you’re recording a programme of music fit for an 18th-century evening’s domestic music-making. It’s...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2024

Review of BOCCHERINI String Quintets

BOCCHERINI String Quintets

The Karski Quartet, founded in Belgium in 2018, take their name from Jan Karski, a Second World War resistance fighter,...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 01/2024

Review of BLISS; FERGUSON; HOLLOWAY Octets & Clarinet Quintet

BLISS; FERGUSON; HOLLOWAY Octets & Clarinet Quintet

The larger chamber combinations of wind and strings – one thinks of Beethoven’s Septet, Schubert’s Octet and the nonets of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 01/2024

Review of BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Vol 2 (Antje Weithaas)

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Vol 2 (Antje Weithaas)

I found much to admire in the first instalment of Antje Weithaas and Dénes Várjon’s survey of the Beethoven violin...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2024

Review of BEETHOVEN String Quartets Vol 1 (Doric String Quartet)

BEETHOVEN String Quartets Vol 1 (Doric String Quartet)

The Doric are perhaps the foremost British string quartet at the moment, so their turn to Beethoven in their 25th-anniversary...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2024

Review of BEETHOVEN String Quartets opp 74 & 130

BEETHOVEN String Quartets opp 74 & 130

The six Op 18 Quartets now under their belts, the Chiaroscuro Quartet have chosen for the next instalment of their...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2024

Review of JS BACH Viola da Gamba Sonatas

JS BACH Viola da Gamba Sonatas

Yet another album of Bach’s sonatas for viola da gamba and obbligato harpsichord, I hear you sigh. Yet gambist Andrea...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2024

Review of United Strings of Europe: through the night

United Strings of Europe: through the night

Just three years have passed since the United Strings of Europe released their first recording (2/21), but the London-based group...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2024

Review of Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

Name 15 French symphonic poems. Assuming Saint-Saëns’s Danse macabre and Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice head your list, where next? After...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2024

 

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