Replay (December 2024): Edith Peinemann, The French Piano School, Géza Anda & Kolisch String Quartet
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WEBER Violin Sonatas Op 10. Piano Quartet Op 8
In the terminology of the time, these six Weber ‘progressive’ sonatas of 1810 are ‘for piano with violin obbligato’, but,...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 03/2013
SAARIAHO Mirage. Cloud Trio. Cendres. Je sens un deuxième coeur. Serenatas
Ondine’s exploration of the luminescent sound world of Kaija Saariaho continues with five trios for various combinations. All are in...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 03/2013
D PURCELL Unknown Sonatas
Daniel Purcell – who was younger than Henry Purcell and outlived him by more than 20 years and who, according...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 03/2013
MOZART Clarinet Quintet & Quintet Fragments
Familiarity takes a knock. Colin Lawson begins his opening flourish of the Quintet on (written) C below middle C and...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 03/2013
HAYDN String Quartets
There’s always a feeling when listening to the Endellion Quartet that you’re listening to the Urtext method of quartet playing....
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2013
FAURÉ Quintets with Piano Op 89; Op 115
Eric Le Sage continues his Fauré exploration (I much liked the piano quartets – 10/12) with the two quintets. Both...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2013
ENO Lux
I wouldn’t, if I were you, try to experience Lux as music. Brian Eno, the ‘composer’ (I’m not certain if...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 03/2013
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet. Piano Quartet
Performers of Dvořák, especially his large-scale forms, seem to face more pressing questions of tempo than when playing other ‘standard’...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2013
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet, Op 81. American Quartet, Op 96
Interesting as these performances occasionally are, they lack conviction because their mannerisms too often prove conspicuous. The Quintet’s broad opening,...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2013
HAYDN String Quartet No 63 Op 64/5 BRAHMS String Quartet Op 51/2
The cover of this disc looks a bit like a blond (with hair product) Reservoir Dogs, and there’s certainly an...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2013
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Review - Joan Sutherland: The Complete Decca Recordings
Tim Ashley hears the first instalment in a reissue of Joan Sutherland’s complete recordings
Review - Roberto Alagna: All’Opera
Mark Pullinger enjoys a survey of the ever-youthful tenor’s EMI recordings
Box-set Round-up: December 2024 (Poschner, Knappertsbusch, Schaller)
Rob Cowan listens to sets of Bruckner and Schubert symphonies, plus a pair of pianists
Review - Colin Davis in Amsterdam and London
David Gutman revisits the British conductor’s recordings with two major orchestras
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