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Archipel Machaut: Medieval Music & New Music

Something fairly improbable but thoroughly refreshing. Margit Kern is an accordion player not just of astonishing skill but also with...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 12/2013

American Masterpieces for Piano Duo

>Arias & Barcarolles, its title borrowed from a post-concert presidential faux pas, was Leonard Bernstein’s last major work. ‘I like...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 12/2013

21st Century Portraits: exxj

Ensemble XX Jahrhundert has operated out of Vienna since 1971, the group’s core mission to champion Schoenberg, Webern and Berg...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 12/2013

SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphonies Opp110a & 118a WEINBERG Concertino Op 42

The young(-ish) musicians of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta here celebrate the 25th anniversary of their ensemble in style. The care that...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2013

SCHUMANN Dichterliebe

If this disc shows anything most of all, it is the mastery that Schumann displayed as a Lieder writer. The...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 12/2013

RIES Wind Nocturnes Nos 1 & 2 MOZART Partita K361

CPO are certainly flying the flag for Beethoven’s friend and one-time pupil Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), who made his name as...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2013

HINDEMITH Violin Sonatas

No sooner has the dust settled on Frank Peter Zimmermann’s wonderful disc of three of Hindemith’s sonatas for violin and...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2013

FAURÉ Piano Quartet No 1. Piano Trio

This is a delectable way into Fauré’s chamber music should it be unfamiliar territory. The First Piano Quartet is Fauré...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2013

ELGAR; SAWYERS Violin Sonatas

Philip Sawyers is a professional violinist and teacher who for 20 years played with the orchestra of the Royal Opera...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2013

CORELLI Stravaganza: Sonatas

As prelude and postlude to their disc of Corelli trio sonatas, Stravaganza have included two pieces by Giovanni Battista Reali,...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 12/2013

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