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BENJAMIN Written on Skin

From its premiere in Aix-en-Provence to performances in Munich, Amsterdam, Toulouse, Florence and London, and with a live CD recording...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 04/2014

Michael Collins: The Virtuoso Clarinet II

Michael Collins and his pianist Michael McHale present us with a programme of pieces all expertly written for the clarinet,...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 04/2014

Il Violino Boemo: Music from 18th Century Prague

For this recital, Lenka Torgersen and her colleagues bring together three 18th-century violinist-composers born in what is now the Czech...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 04/2014

Sonic Philosophy: Colour and Affect

With its high-flown title and highly abstract booklet-notes, some listeners might be put off from sampling this album. However, I’d...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 04/2014

British Rhapsody: Music for Viola and Piano

This disc, on the ever-enterprising Stone label, brings together an attractive collection of rare viola music by British composers. It...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 04/2014

WEINBERG Complete Violin Sonatas Vol 2

Although it bears little resemblance to that of Shostakovich, the music of Mieczysław Weinberg nevertheless expounds similar values: the grim...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 04/2014

TELEMANN Double Concerto for Wind and Strings

Those who think that Telemann was a skilful, formulaic Baroque note-spinning concerto machine need to hear his music played by...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2014

STANFORD Complete works for Violin and Piano

There have been, in the last 20 years or so, a number of recordings of Stanford’s music for violin and...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 04/2014

CPE BACH Magnificat

The Heilig (ie Sanctus) for double choir turns up on this Harmonia Mundi recording that recreates part of a Hamburg...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 04/2014

SCHUBERT String Quintet

Another month, another Schubert C major Quintet. For any new version to make its mark it has to be pretty...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2014

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