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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

PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No 4 RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin (Milstein)

Reviewing debut discs can be hazardous in the light of later developments. The first Gramophone review of Argerich, for instance,...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 06/2018

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