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Review of BEETHOVEN Complete Violin Sonatas

BEETHOVEN Complete Violin Sonatas

Beethoven wrote 10 sonatas for pianoforte and violin. It seems perverse of Decca to market this set with just Kavakos’s...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 03/2013

Review of BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Trios Vol 2

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Trios Vol 2

I was very taken with the first instalment of the Gould Trio’s live Beethoven cycle, captured at St George’s, Brandon...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2013

Review of BARBER; WEILL; PFIZNER Sonatas for Cello and Piano

BARBER; WEILL; PFIZNER Sonatas for Cello and Piano

At first glance, these three composers appear to have little in common. However, the sonatas are all early works, written...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 03/2013

Review of JS BACH Partita BWV1005 BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No 9

JS BACH Partita BWV1005 BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No 9

It may look on the outside like a bit of a pops disc (best-known Bach and Beethoven, and white-knuckle showpieces...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 03/2013

Review of Where late the sweet birds sang

Where late the sweet birds sang

An Oxford institution for over 20 years (with a personnel list that ebbs and flows with the best singers of...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2013

Review of Wanderer: Songs & Lieder

Wanderer: Songs & Lieder

Recital audiences are often confronted with singers performing texts originally written for different genders and voice types, so this recording...

Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 01/2013

Review of Passion & Resurrection: Music inspired by Holy Week

Passion & Resurrection: Music inspired by Holy Week

Stile Antico have continued a tradition established by the Tallis Scholars and The Sixteen, though with a bigger sound than...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2013

Review of O poore distracted world!

O poore distracted world!

This exploration of mostly 17th-century English sacred music understandably gives pride of place to Purcell and his mentors Locke and...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2013

Review of Coloratura

Coloratura

Are coloratura soprano showcases ever supposed to be this provocative? With her solid technique, mid-weight chest voice, small but spot-on...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2013

Review of SCHUMANN Liederkreis, Op 39. Op 24

SCHUMANN Liederkreis, Op 39. Op 24

Now at the peak of his recording career, Gerald Finley is unsystematically jumping from Ives to Ravel to Schumann, no...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2013

 

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