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DANIELPOUR String Quartets Nos 5 - 7

As with his symphonies and concertos, Richard Danielpour (b1956) likes to give his quartets (there are seven, spread fairly evenly...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2018

JS BACH Sonatas and Partitas (Gandelsman)

Bach’s Violin Sonatas and Partitas are among the most frequently performed works for the instrument, or any instrument. Recordings evince...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 04/2018

The Gershwin Moment

If most of Gershwin may be said to have entered the musical DNA of the United States almost as soon...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2018

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 14 & 29 (Perahia)

The first thing we should do in approaching this musically remarkable and, in terms of its exploration of the composer’s...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 03/2018

Songs of Peace and Praise: Choral Music from Queens College

The title of this elegant new disc tells much about the nature of the repertoire. The subtitle is less specific:...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2018

Resonant Streams: Choral Music from Sun to Sea

For its third recording, the University of Washington Chorale, an advanced undergraduate ensemble containing students from all majors across the...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 03/2018

Ancestral Voices

The third instalment from the Houston-based Apollo Chamber Players’ project of commissioning and recording 20 new ‘folk music-inspired and multicultural...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 03/2018

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6, Pathétique (Bernard)

In contrast to the rather rough-and-tumble Beethoven Ninth Symphony recorded by David Bernard and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony that...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2018

SZYMANOWSKI In the Mists: Songs

The Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) is celebrated for his opera King Roger, four symphonies, two violin concertos and choral...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2018

HO The Shaman. Arctic Symphony

Vincent Ho (b1975) is a native of Ottawa, though of Chinese heritage. During 2007 14 he was Composer-in-Residence with the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2018

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