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Review of MOZART Divertimento, K563 SKEMPTON Winter Sunrise

MOZART Divertimento, K563 SKEMPTON Winter Sunrise

The Divertimento in E flat for string trio is one of Mozart’s late, great masterpieces, a massive work in six...

Reviewed in issue 03/2012

Review of FRANCK; SAINT-SAËNS; RAVEL Violin Sonatas

FRANCK; SAINT-SAËNS; RAVEL Violin Sonatas

Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk, a notably well-matched team, give idiomatic performances of these three sonatas (Denk also provides outstanding...

Reviewed in issue 03/2012

Review of DELIUS; IRELAND Evening Songs

DELIUS; IRELAND Evening Songs

In this interesting experiment of ‘songs without words’ by Delius and Ireland, Julian Lloyd Webber brings an especially sensitive ‘voice’...

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Review of BROWN Iconicities

BROWN Iconicities

‘Where Stupa introduces polytemporality in the metaphysical and chronological sense, with all their playful capacity for harmony, Gangsa addresses the...

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Review of BOWEN Viola Sonatas Nos 1 & 2

BOWEN Viola Sonatas Nos 1 & 2

Bowen’s two highly contrasting viola sonatas were inspired by the pioneering virtuoso Lionel Tertis. Both were composed in 1905 and...

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Review of BEETHOVEN String Trios Op. 9 Nos 1 - 3

BEETHOVEN String Trios Op. 9 Nos 1 - 3

Music on a small scale? Not as Beethoven conceived these Op 9 Trios. Robert Simpson found it a ‘miracle’ that...

Reviewed in issue 03/2012

Review of BEETHOVEN String Quartets Op 127 No 12; Op 131 No 14

BEETHOVEN String Quartets Op 127 No 12; Op 131 No 14

A coupling of Op 127, the most approachable of Beethoven’s late quartets, with Op 131, the most strikingly radical, could...

Reviewed in issue 03/2012

Review of BARTÓK Violin Sonatas 1 & 2. Rhapsodies 1 & 2

BARTÓK Violin Sonatas 1 & 2. Rhapsodies 1 & 2

Rather than opt for the sonatas first with the Rhapsodies as makeweights, or favouring a purely chronological route, James Ehnes...

Reviewed in issue 03/2012

Review of BARBER String Quartet Op 11 REICH Different Trains. Crumb Black Angels

BARBER String Quartet Op 11 REICH Different Trains. Crumb Black Angels

This is an eccentric collection of strange bedfellows. With plenty of recordings of all three composers available, wouldn’t fans of...

Reviewed in issue 03/2012

Review of SCHUBERT Winterreise

SCHUBERT Winterreise

This issue in the DG Originals series appeared just in time, appropriately enough, to mark Fischer-Dieskau's 70th birthday at the...

Reviewed in issue 08/1995


 

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