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BRAHMS Quintet (Viola Version) BRIDGE Lament for 2 Violas

I’m confused. The back of the booklet for this CD lists the Frank Bridge Lament as having the catalogue number...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2014

Cuatro: A Tribute to the Music of Spain

Why ‘Cuatro’? Because the four guitarists of the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet are performing, on their fourth recording for Chandos, four...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 01/2014

DVOŘÁK String Quartet No 12 BARBER String Quartet

There seems to be a minor fashion at the moment for using an American thread to pull together groups of...

Reviewed in issue 01/2014

BEETHOVEN; BRUCKNER; HARTMANN; HOLLIGER String Quartets

In this two-disc set, the Zehetmair Quartet cover nearly 200 years of string quartet writing: the first pin is firmly...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2014

STENHAMMAR String Quartets Nos 5 & 6

The Stenhammars continue their self-evidently well-played-in cycle of their namesake’s seven works in the medium. Turn immediately to No 6...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2014

Rebel de père en fils

The Rebels, and for that matter the Francoeurs, have yet to receive the attention they deserve. They held some of...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 01/2014

Marjukka Tepponen : Airs chantés

The Finnish soprano Marjukka Tepponen has a rich vocal quality, a sensitivity and a passionate soul that suit her well...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2013

Christiane Karg sings Strauss, Fauré, Debussy, Poulenc

One of the beauties of Wigmore Hall Live is how accomplished, young-ish singers are given a platform for song recitals...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2013

VICTORIA Tenebrae Responsories

Up until now, choosing a recording of Victoria’s Tenebrae Responsories was an easy task. If you wanted glossy thickness of...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013

STANFORD Partsongs

It’s a mark of musical fashion that this disc from Paul Spicer and the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir is the...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2013

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