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HINDEMITH Viola Works

Competition is hotting up in Hindemith’s viola sonatas. They have fared better than most of his works in this genre,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2014

FRANZSON The Negotiation of context

A title with a message, a message worth pondering. Negotiating context is what good composers aspire to and what complacent...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 10/2014

JANÁČEK Violin Sonata DVOŘÁK Four Romantic Pieces

Jennifer Pike may only be 24 but she’s already an established figure on the music scene and, together with her...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2014

El Sistema at Salzburg

Venezuela’s El Sistema must bring a blush to the cheeks of most governments (especially here in the comparatively well heeled...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2014

Australian Guitar Concertos

This collection of guitar concertos largely inspired by Australia’s Top End is as much a tribute to Peter Sculthorpe, who...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2014

Hidden Treasures of Italy

'Hidden Treasures of Italy’ is what the Montreal-based Arion Baroque Orchestra have called this release; and indeed, when the most...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2014

Daniel Hope: Escape to Paradise

For ‘Escape to Paradise’, Daniel Hope has brought together two generations of composers who were and are linked indelibly to...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2014

Venice: The Golden Age

It is always a pleasure to hear the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, whatever they play. I say this because...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2014

Jeanne Lamon: Baroque Virtuoso

To commemorate Jeanne Lamon’s 33 years as Music Director of the Toronto-based Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, this issue is a compilation...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 10/2014

YSAŸE Harmonies Du Soir Et Autres Poèmes

Ysaÿe’s six sonatas for solo violin are well represented on disc. Not so his concertante works – more than 16...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2014

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