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BUSCH Chamber Works

The prospect of Adolf Busch writing quartets is an enticing one for any listener curious to hear inside the mind...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 04/2023

BRAHMS Violin Sonatas (Ning Feng)

I can imagine some listeners finding these interpretations of the Brahms violin sonatas a bit too subdued, although I find...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2023

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas (Midori)

Conversationalist Beethoven, this – meaning that two very different voices (Midori, gentle; Thibaudet, assertive) bring their individual qualities to each...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2023

MOZART Piano Concertos 21&24 (Robert Levin) Piano Concerto No 23 (Emelyanychev)

Robert Levin and the Academy of Ancient Music pick up their Mozart piano concerto cycle where they left off quarter...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2023

Neeme Järvi in Concert

This is a marvellous recording. It’s not uncommon for conductors as distinguished as Neeme Järvi (who turned 85 last year)...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 04/2023

Eldbjørg Hemsing: Arctic

After a string of well-received albums for BIS (5/18, 12/18, 4/19, 6/20), star violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing moved to Sony in...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2023

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto (Enrico Dindo)

It was impossible not to be intrigued when this one appeared on my desk. Dvořák’s mighty Cello Concerto – an...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 04/2023

FRANCK Symphony in D Minor. Rédemption. Le chasseur maudit (Altinoglu)

Having been somewhat neglected in recent decades, Franck’s once-popular Symphony in D minor appears to be enjoying something of a...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 04/2023

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos 12 & 15 (Storgårds)

A very revealing coupling from Storgårds. The question is often asked why it is that the predecessor to the Twelfth...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2023

WENNÄKOSKI Sigla. Flounce. Sedecim

In October 2015 Ondine’s founder, Reijo Kiilunen – in conversation with Andrew Mellor – singled out Lotta Wennäkoski (b1970) as...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2023

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