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Still Schubert

The Brussels-based Alfama Quartet – a new name to me – give an impressive performance of Death and the Maiden,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2019

RACHMANINOV Piano Trios (Trio Wanderer)

The Trio Wanderer’s new disc, centred around Rachmaninov’s youthful trios, has all the finesse and subtlety that we’ve long associated...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2019

PARRY Piano Trio No 2; Piano Quartet (Leonore Piano Trio)

If this magnificent new instalment in the Leonore Trio’s survey of Parry’s chamber music on Hyperion proves one thing, it’s...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 09/2019

MENDELSSOHN Piano Trios (Trio Metral)

This disc by the Paris Conservatoire-trained Métral siblings marks their debut on disc. The two Mendelssohn trios are an apt...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2019

EASTMAN Femenine

During her recent BBC Radio 4 programme on Julius Eastman, it was hard to disagree with vocalist Elaine Mitchener’s assessment...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 08/2019

DVOŘÁK; TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trios (Shani, Capuçon, Soltani)

These performances were caught live at last year’s Aix Easter Festival, with Gautier Capuçon joining two rising stars of the...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2019

Bohemia Express

According to the booklet notes, the St George Quintet had the idea for this disc while riding the appropriately named...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2019

DVOŘÁK Piano Trios Opp 21 & 26 (Busch Trio)

This disc is the follow-up to the Busch Trio’s recording of Dvořák’s mature masterpieces, Opp 65 and 90, about which...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2019

DEBUSSY; RAVEL; TAILLEFERRE String Quartets (Stenhammar Quartet)

Like Debussy and Ravel, Germaine Tailleferre wrote only one string quartet. It began life in 1917 as a Sonatine for...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2019

BOND Instruments of Revelation

Victoria Bond (b1945) is a multifaceted composer and conductor (the first woman to hold a Doctorate in Conducting from the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2019

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