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DVOŘÁK Piano Trios Nos 3 & 4

With some discs, the very first notes tell you to expect something special. Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff sing softly together...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2018

DODGSON String Trios; Chamber Music with Harp and Guitar

Karolos are a dynamic, virtuoso chamber collective of first-rate players. These two discs – issued separately but together comprising over...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2018

M BERKELEY Winter Fragments

Even when working with large-scale forces such as opera and music theatre, Michael Berkeley’s style and expression remain attuned to...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 12/2018

BEETHOVEN The complete string quartets, Vols 5 & 6

I’ve been trying to put my finger on what it is about the Elias Quartet’s interpretative style that’s so powerfully...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2018

Prism I (Danish Quartet)

Air from another planet: when the Danish String Quartet first encountered late Beethoven it felt to them (as they explain...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2018

The Dreams and Fables I Fashion (Elicia Silverstein)

This debut disc from the American violinist Elicia Silverstein draws its title from the first line of a Metastasio sonnet...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2018

Yuja Wang: The Berlin Recital

‘Exceptional artistry, technical perfection and boundless imagination’ it says on the back cover. Such hype normally puts my back up....

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2018

Thibaut Garcia: Bach Inspirations

The 24-year-old Franco-Spanish classical guitarist Thibaut Garcia’s third recording – his second for Erato – revisits the music of Bach...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 12/2018

American Landscapes: Anthology of American Piano Music, Vol 3

Like its predecessors, the third volume of Cecile Licad’s ‘Anthology of American Piano Music’ is a model of imaginative programme-building....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2018

SCHUMANN Humoreske; Davidsbündertänze (Carcano)

Anyone on the receiving end of a Borletti-Buitoni fellowship gets my respect, as it’s generally an indicator of prodigious musical...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2018

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