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SCHUBERT Piano Quintet D667. Trout variations

Epithets like ‘blithe’, ‘happy’, ‘lyrical’, ‘enchanting’ used to describe the Trout Quintet and haven’t changed over the years. The Moritzburg...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 02/2012

SCHNITTKE Quartets

The obvious point of reference here is the Kronos Quartet’s cycle of Schnittke string quartets, released as a complete edition...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 02/2012

MOZART Divertimento K334. Oboe Quartet K370

Six instruments – two violins, viola, double bass and two horns – for the Divertimento. No cello? Perhaps the work...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 02/2012

MILTON. PEERSON Sublime Discourses

Martin Peerson and John Milton (the poet’s father) were members of the lively musical community based in the area around...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2012

MATHIAS Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2

For those interested in the music of William Mathias, a still much-underrated British composer, this recording is particularly welcome for...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 02/2012

HOUGH Was mit der Tränen geschiet. Herbstlieber

Although most Gramophone readers know Stephen Hough as one of his generation’s foremost pianists, he also trained as a composer...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2012

CRAWFORD String Quartets 1-3

Numerous are the composers whose creativity has been forced to take a back seat, as is typified by the career...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2012

BLOCH Music for string quartet

Bloch wrote five mature string quartets, spanning 40 years of his life, while the impressionistic shorter pieces included here date...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 02/2012

MACMILLAN Seraph ARUTIUNIAN Trumpet Concerto

After the epic confrontation of James MacMillan’s earlier concerto, its successor deftly combines trumpet and strings in music that ranges...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2012

WEBER Concerto for Clarinet Nos 1 & 2

Movements from Mozart’s piano concertos, especially the slower ones, are often likened to his operatic arias. This comparison seems small...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 02/2012

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