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HANDEL Trio Sonatas Op 5

John Walsh published Handel’s Op 5 Trio Sonatas in 1739 but Challenge’s booklet-note insinuates naively that the composer himself had...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2015

HAHN Concerto provençal. Divertissement

Reynaldo Hahn is best known for his songs, his operettas and his relationship with Marcel Proust: the two were lovers...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2015

Malincolia: Works for Cello and Piano by Grieg and Sibelius

Tchaikovsky Competition winner and Rostropovich pupil Geringas makes a muscular and forthright impression in the Grieg Sonata, close to the...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 09/2015

BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet ZEMLINSKY Trio

The Brahms Quintet treats the clarinet as a member of a five-part ensemble rather than as a lone voice set...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 09/2015

BRAHMS; SCHUMANN Works for Cello and Piano

Jacqueline du Pré was only 23 when she recorded her heady account of the Brahms cello sonatas. But this new...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2015

BIBER Sonatae Tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes

The Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes were Biber’s first published works, issued in 1676 in Salzburg, where the 32-year-old...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 09/2015

L BERKELEY Chamber Works

This brilliant young ensemble, formed from members of the Southbank Sinfonia in 2008, made a strong impact in their debut...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 09/2015

BEETHOVEN Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin

Anyone who has heard a classical Viennese fortepiano live will know that it’s not an especially strong instrument; recordings, however,...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 09/2015

BEETHOVEN String Quartets Op 18

With Haydn, Mozart and Schubert under their belt, it was only a matter of time before the Jerusalem Quartet turned...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2015

Transcriptions for Two Pianists

A couple of years after the centenary of the infamous first performance of The Rite of Spring we have a...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2015

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