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Last Leaf

‘Last Leaf’ refers to the last leaf of parchment in the Codex Runicus, a tome dating from around 1300 that contains one...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017

The Cello in Wartime

Of the numerous First World War-themed recordings that have come our way since 2014, this must be one of the...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2017

BWV … or not?

Does it matter if a classical work is either of uncertain origin, penned by a long-forgotten composer or stylistically atypical of its...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2017

Altri canti d’amor: 17th Century Instrumental Works

Despite the title and repertoire, there is no singing on this well-chosen debut CD release by the Spanish ensemble L’Estro...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2017

USTVOLSKAYA Chamber Music

The music of Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) has divided opinion since bursting on to Western new music a quarter-century ago, and...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2017

TELEMANN Complete Trio Sonatas with Recorder and Viol

>‘How could I possibly remember everything I composed for strings and winds? I particularly devoted myself to the composing of trios … People even flattered...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2017

SCHUBERT Trout Quintet. Notturno. Ave Maria

I have some sympathy for DG. How do you market yet another Schubert Trout Quintet except by emphasising the stars of the...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2017

MCCABE Silver Nocturnes. The Woman by the Sea

Two and a half years after his death, McCabe’s music continues to appear on disc (witness also the marvellous recordings of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017

DVOŘÁK Piano Quartets (Busch Trio, da Silva)

Following their disc of Dvořák piano trios, which Rob Cowan much enjoyed (9/16), the Busch Trio are joined by viola player Miguel da Silva...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2017

DEBUSSY Sonatas and Trio

‘The musical genius of France is something like fantasy in sensibility’, said Debussy, and if it’s still hard to swallow...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2017

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