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BEETHOVEN Sonatas for Piano & Violin, Vol 2 (Hanslip & Driver)

‘It’s not always about making the most beautiful sound … some of the writing is quite violent …’ So observed...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2018

BARTÓK; BRAHMS String Quartets (Ariel Quartet)

The Ariel Quartet was formed in Jerusalem nearly 20 years ago when its members – barely into their teens at...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2018

JS BACH Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord (Marc & Pierre Hantaï )

While I can’t claim to have heard every recording of JS Bach’s works for solo flute and harpsichord in the...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 06/2018

BACEWICZ String Quintets and Quartets

One of the joys of reviewing is when a minor composer belatedly receives their due. This isn’t one of those...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2018

ANDERSON Landfall

In late 2012 Hurricane Sandy struck New York City, causing widespread flooding, chaos and carnage. Landfall represents Laurie Anderson’s response...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2018

Andreas Haefliger: Perspectives 7

The booklet essay is cagey about the rationale behind Andreas Haefliger’s latest instalment of ‘programme constellations’ each built around a...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2018

Paganini at the Piano

My first exposure to the playing of the Croatian pianist Goran Filipec was on a stunning disc of Paganini studies...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2018

STRAVINSKY Complete Music for Solo Piano (Shevchenko)

The complete Stravinsky solo works are a daunting undertaking and Oxana Shevchenko, who took first prize in the 2010 Scottish...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2018

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No 21. 4 Impromptus

Marc-André Hamelin is one of those artists who warrant frequent attention. Now 56 and presumably at the peak of his...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2018

SAXTON Piano Music

To that old chestnut ‘does the composer write for the instrument or the performer?’, the answer is probably a bit...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2018

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