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SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos 7, 8 & 9 (Altius Quartet)

It is curious how rarely these three quartets, written in relatively close proximity (Nos 7 and 8 in 1960, No...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017

PIXIS Piano Trios

You’d be forgiven for not being au fait with Johann Peter Pixis, or if you were at all, it might...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2018

MENDELSSOHN Works for Cello and Piano

It’s fair to say that the world is not short of Mendelssohn cello-and-piano recital recordings. But although Poltéra and Brautigam...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2017

SCHNITTKE Piano Quintet. Piano Quartet

The Piano Quintet is one of Schnittke’s darkest, most haunting works. It takes existential angst to a pitch at which...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 01/2018

FRANCK String Quartet CHAUSSON Chanson perpétuelle

The Quatuor Zaïde, who caused a bit of a stir last year with their recording of Haydn’s Op 50 Quartets...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2018

FITKIN String Quartets

Hard on the heels of their marvellous NMC release of John McCabe (12/17), the ever-impressive Sacconi Quartet have turned their...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2018

FRANCK; FAURÉ; PROKOFIEV Sonatas for Flute and Piano

Instrumental soloists have long coveted sonatas and concertos for other instruments. Flautist Sharon Bezaly’s new disc contains three sonatas, two...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2018

YSAŸE; CHAUSSON; BOUCHKOV Violin Works

In a sense, there are three artists on this disc from Marc Bouchkov and Georgiy Dubko. This isn’t just a...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2017

BRAHMS Complete Piano Trios and Quartets

The Gould Piano Trio recorded Brahms’s piano trios between 2004 and 2007, beginning with the three published works, then adding...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2017

JS BACH The Musical Offering

Recordings of the Musical Offering often make much of the order in which it is played. The authority of Bach’s...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2017

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