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DVOŘÁK String Quartets Vol 5 (Vogler Quartett)

‘He always enjoyed a tavern sextet’, recalled Dvořák’s friend Josef Zubatý, and the fledgling composer played more than his share...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2025

DUPRÉ Piano and Chamber Works

A quick canter through the pages of Gramophone reveals that scant attention has been paid to Marcel Dupré’s chamber and...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 04/2025

CONNOLLY Music for Strings

Justin Connolly’s death four years ago was the impetus for this project, led by former colleagues at the Royal Academy...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2025

COLL 'A Portrait'

He first attracted attention when studying with Thomas Adès but Francisco Coll (b1985) has since evolved a distinctive persona, as...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 04/2025

CERRONE Don't Look Down

Had Edgard Varèse been born a minimalist and lived in this century, his music may well have sounded a little...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 04/2025

BRAHMS String Quartets (Novus Quartet)

I feel much the same way about the Novus Quartet’s Brahms as I did about their Tchaikovsky (Aparté, 11/17), my...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2025

BOULEZ Livre pour quatuor

The 90th birthday of Pierre Boulez in 2015, his last before his death the following year, was marked by DG’s...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 04/2025

BEETHOVEN Piano Trios and Triple Concerto

The line-up bodes well. And there’s certainly some fine playing here from these three seasoned practitioners. Yet for my taste...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 04/2025

JS BACH The Art of Fugue (Phantasm)

A worthy follow-up to Phantasm’s trio of recordings mostly devoted to the fugues from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier as arranged for...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 04/2025

Peter Moore: Shift

Peter Moore first came to international attention in 2008 when, aged 12, he won the BBC Young Musician competition, still...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2025

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