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STRAVINSKY Octet. L'Histoire du Soldat

Particularly in the sparely scored works of his so-called neo-classical period, Stravinsky’s music requires very exact balance, something scrupulously caught...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 04/2013

SCHUMANN Piano Trios

There’s something about Schumann’s piano trios. The music really gets under your skin, more so than many of his works:...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2013

SAINT-SAËNS; STRAUSS Sonatas for Violin and Piano

release This new coupling by Bruno Monteiro and João Paulo Santos of Strauss’s Violin Sonata with the D minor work...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 04/2013

MENDELSSOHN String Quartets

This disc abounds in the kind of full-on playing and lively engagement with the music that we’ve come to expect...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2013

MARTINŮ Complete Piano Trios

Given the paucity of modern repertoire for piano trio, it is no surprise that Martinů’s four works for this combination...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2013

MARAIS La Gamme

After issuing a series of fine recordings of French music in the 1980s and early ’90s, Trio Sonnerie make a...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 04/2013

DVOŘÁK Cypresses. String Quartet No 13

Playing Dvořák well seems to be par for the course these days, whereas playing him beautifully isn’t. The young Cypress...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2013

COUPERIN Pieces de Viole

The memory of hearing Jordi Savall’s 1975 recording of Couperin’s two unequalled Suites for bass viols has never left me,...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 04/2013

CORELLI Violin Sonatas Op 5

Considering how important the Corelli Op 5 duo sonatas are in the history of violin-playing, performances and recordings of these...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 04/2013

CAGE Chamber Works Vols 44 & 45

One thing’s for sure, the last person to take any interest in recordings of music by John Cage was John...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 04/2013

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