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Review of Between Two Worlds: Lassus, Beethoven, Adès & Dowland

Between Two Worlds: Lassus, Beethoven, Adès & Dowland

Thomas Adès’s The Four Quarters reflects, in its title at least, TS Eliot’s Four Quartets, the first of which, ‘Burnt...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2022

Review of SCHOENBERG String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 (Gringolts Quartet)

SCHOENBERG String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 (Gringolts Quartet)

Volume 1 of this series was welcomed in these pages (10/17) for values of architectural clarity and expressive restraint which...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2022

Review of SCHNITTKE; SHOSTAKOVICH; SILVESTROV 'Outcast'

SCHNITTKE; SHOSTAKOVICH; SILVESTROV 'Outcast'

This is a genuinely remarkable disc. I say this not from any association of its contents with current events, but...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2022

Review of RAFF Complete Works For Cello & Piano

RAFF Complete Works For Cello & Piano

Pity Joachim Raff. Pity any fine second-rank composer who had the misfortune to work within the orbit of Liszt, Brahms...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2022

Review of MOZART 'The Palatine Sonatas', K301-306

MOZART 'The Palatine Sonatas', K301-306

The six violin sonatas Mozart composed in Mannheim and Paris during the spring and summer of 1778 don’t often appear...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2022

Review of LECLAIR Violin Sonatas, Book 3; Op 5, Nos. 5-8

LECLAIR Violin Sonatas, Book 3; Op 5, Nos. 5-8

It’s strange that there aren’t more recordings of Leclair’s Op 5 Violin Sonatas, given how much they have going for...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2022

Review of KRÜGER Ain’t Nuthin’ But Fairy Dust

KRÜGER Ain’t Nuthin’ But Fairy Dust

Given clubbing’s ubiquity, it’s surprising that there are so few club-culture-themed compositions. An outlier is Richard Baker’s sensuously thrilling The...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 06/2022

Review of DVORÁK; MANSURIAN; MARTIN Piano Trios (Delta Piano Trio)

DVORÁK; MANSURIAN; MARTIN Piano Trios (Delta Piano Trio)

Previous releases of Taneyev and Borodin (Naxos) and Shostakovich and Auerbach (Odradek) left little doubt as to the Delta Trio’s...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2022

Review of DOPPLER; KULHAU Romantic & Virtuoso Music For Flute and Piano

DOPPLER; KULHAU Romantic & Virtuoso Music For Flute and Piano

If you’re not an expert on all things flute, the chances are that the names Franz and Karl Doppler and...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2022

Review of CHOPIN Piano Concertos (Emmanuel Despax. Chamber versions)ertos (Emmanuel Despax. Chamber versions)

CHOPIN Piano Concertos (Emmanuel Despax. Chamber versions)ertos (Emmanuel Despax. Chamber versions)

When the string quintet (two violins, viola, cello, and double bass) versions of the Chopin concertos appear in the antiquarian...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2022

 

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