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MOZART Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin, Vol 2 (Faust & Melnikov)

Long relatively neglected on disc, Mozart’s ‘sonatas for harpsichord or fortepiano, with the accompaniment of a violin’, as they were...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2020

LITOLFF Piano Trios (Leonore Piano Trios)

Henry Litolff was, in spite of his European-sounding surname, born in Marylebone. He is remembered for that Scherzo, yet how...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2020

HAGEN Harmonium Repertoire

Svetlana Boym described nostalgia as ‘a romance with one’s own fantasy’ – pertinent words in the case of Norway, a...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2020

DVORÁK String Quartets Nos 8 & 10 (Albion Quartet)

What a gorgeous disc! True, it’d be a poor sort of string quartet who couldn’t make your heart melt with...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2020

BRAGA SANTOS Complete Chamber Music, Vol 1

Joly Braga Santos (1924 88) was one of the most important Portuguese composers of the 20th century and it is...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2020

BEETHOVEN Late String Quartets (Brodsky Quartet)

At every turn of these engrossing and deeply considered readings, I like how the Brodskys ask questions of the music,...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2020

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Trios, Vol 4 (Van Baerle Trio)

One of the most engaging qualities of the Van Baerle Trio’s Beethoven cycle has been its feeling of intimacy –...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2020

BEETHOVEN; MOZART Quintets for Piano and Winds

Mozart proclaimed the wind-and-piano quintet of 1784 his favourite among all his works, and the young Beethoven clearly modelled his...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020

JS BACH The Well-tempered Consort, Vol 1

This wonderful disc transports the counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach from the solitary universe of the keyboardist’s fingertips – and...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2020

BRUCKNER Symphonies Nos 1-9 (Berlin Philharmonic)

Before conducting Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony in December 2019, Zubin Mehta put his finger on the ‘unbelievable flexibility’ of the modern...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2020

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