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FINZI Five Bagatelles. Diabelleries. Interlude

Although Finzi did not compose much chamber music, his innately contrapuntal style, informed by enduring fascination for the music of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 08/2015

BRAHMS Piano Trios

Brahms’s three piano trios make an obvious programme for disc, even if, played one after the other, there’s just slightly...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2015

BOTTESINI Chamber Works

Your reviewer first discovered the undemanding delights of Bottesini on an early-ish CD (1986) originally on ASV with the young...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2015

VIVALDI; ALBINONI Trio Sonatas

The misnomer sonata da chiesa for the Corellian sequence of slow-fast-slow-fast movements has somehow stuck for good, even if such...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2015

YSAŸE Six Sonatas for Solo Violin

Alina Ibragimova has made many fine recordings in recent years, but this solo Ysaÿe disc must count as one of...

Reviewed in issue 07/2015

Romaria: Choral Music from Brazil

The rainforest tape that opens this remarkable disc might seem a Brazilian cliché – and in a sense it is....

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2015

Purcell’s Revenge: Sweeter than Roses?

Folk-minded early music ensemble Concerto Caledonia have titled their latest disc ‘Purcell’s Revenge’ but to many listeners its irreverent reworkings...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2015

Love I Obey

Look back over the classical releases of the past few years and you’ll see a trend emerging. Sitting somewhere at...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2015

Christianne Stotijn: If the Owl Calls Again

Song recitals don’t come much more eclectic than this. In the booklet interview Christianne Stotijn reveals her fascination with the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 07/2015

François I: Music of a Reign

This year’s quincentenary of the accession of King Francis I is being commemorated by a number of ensembles. This impressive...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 07/2015

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