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Review of Le monde selon George Antheil

Le monde selon George Antheil

Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s latest programme, a typically adventurous affair, has been put together with considerable care. To open with Morton Feldman’s...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2022

Review of WOLOSOFF 'Paradise Found' Music for Cello and Piano

WOLOSOFF 'Paradise Found' Music for Cello and Piano

Lifelong New Yorker Bruce Wolosoff (b1955) is a formidable pianist and a composer who delights in blurring genre boundaries. I’ve...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2022

Review of WEINBERG String Quartets Nos 1, 7 & 11 (Arcadia Quartet)

WEINBERG String Quartets Nos 1, 7 & 11 (Arcadia Quartet)

The first volume in the Arcadia Quartet’s cycle of Weinberg’s string quartets (3/21) was a solid basis from which to...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2022

Review of RUEHR 'Icarus' and other chamber music

RUEHR 'Icarus' and other chamber music

I was mightily impressed with Elena Ruehr’s first six quartets (5/18), choosing that Avie set as my Critics’ Choice for...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2022

Review of RACHMANINOV; ROSE; SMETANA Piano Trios

RACHMANINOV; ROSE; SMETANA Piano Trios

With a discography including two volumes of Haydn (Naxos), the piano trios of Saint-Saëns (Guild, 11/14) and newer works by...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2022

Review of MOZART Complete Violin Sonatas (Andrew Smith)

MOZART Complete Violin Sonatas (Andrew Smith)

Piano-accompanied performances of all of Mozart’s violin sonatas are surprisingly few and far between. Most duos – perhaps wisely –...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2022

Review of LUPO Fantasia (Fretwork)

LUPO Fantasia (Fretwork)

An intriguing detail in the booklet note tells us that Thomas Lupo (1571-1627) was paid 40 marks in 1621 to...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 07/2022

Review of GREGSON Chamber Music

GREGSON Chamber Music

He may remain best known through his works for brass band but Edward Gregson (b1945) has amassed a substantial and...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2022

Review of Neave Trio: Musical Remembrances - Brahms; Rachmaninov; Ravel

Neave Trio: Musical Remembrances - Brahms; Rachmaninov; Ravel

Some themes seem more alluring on paper than in reality, and the linking of three quite disparate sound worlds and...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2022

Review of BEETHOVEN Complete Cello Sonatas (Alisa Weilerstein)

BEETHOVEN Complete Cello Sonatas (Alisa Weilerstein)

‘One of my favourite things about performing Beethoven’s complete cycle of sonatas for cello and piano is that in five...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2022

 

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