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FINE Five for Five

Michael Fine may not be familiar to many as a composer but for three decades he worked very successfully as...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 05/2020

ENESCU; MENDELSSOHN Octets (Gringolts Quartet & Meta4)

When it comes to choosing a recommendable version of Enescu’s fiery and tightly argued Octet, a work written in 1900...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2020

BRAHMS Sonatas Opp 78 & 12 (Wallfisch & York)

It’s not certain who arranged Brahms’s First Violin Sonata for cello, but I’d bet it wasn’t the composer. As the...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2020

BEETHOVEN String Quartets (Kuss Quartet)

These 2019 live performances originate from an annual event at Tokyo’s acoustically accommodating Suntory Hall which, as part of its...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2020

BACEWICZ Chamber Music

An unqualified good news story in recent years has been the steady increase in recordings of the music of Grażyna...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2020

Chineke! Spark Catchers

Chineke! are more than just a (first-rate) orchestra showcasing the talents of black and minority ethnic (BME) musicians – their...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020

'Not Now, Bernard' and other stories

David McKee’s children’s story Not Now, Bernard is wonderfully double-edged, attractive to youngsters because of the monster who eats children...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020

Daniel Hope: Belle Époque

Chausson’s Concert for violin, piano and string quartet is the only big work on this two-CD set, and it’s given...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2020

WEINBERG Cello Concerto. Fantasy. Concertino (Borowicz)

Raphael Wallfisch has made it his ‘life mission as a cellist to champion the music of Jewish composers who were...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 04/2020

TARTINI Violin Concertos (Chouchane Siranossian)

There are some much-appreciated aspects to this release from Alpha Classics. Recorded for the first time is Tartini’s yet to-be-published...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2020

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