Szigeti/Beecham Violin Concertos

Joseph Szigeti | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Thomas Beecham

At the present time, when so many violinists seem obsessed with the production of fat, voluptuous tone, it is perhaps...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1994

Romantic Music for Piano Duet

Harvey Dagul | Isabel Beyer

The Daguls are obviously engaged on a mission to bring the pleasures of duet music to listeners, where here and...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

Passacaglia

Derek Longman

Regent Records have the happy knack of making fine recordings of instruments that are slightly off the beaten track but...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 1/2010

Mendelssohn Songs and Duets, Vol 5

“To my knowledge, the great majority of the songs on these recordings (Vols 4 and 5) are receiving their first...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2010

The Leipzig Circle Vol 1

London Bridge Trio

It’s an attractive idea: a programme of chamber music by four mutual friends, Robert and Clara Schumann and Fanny and...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2019

Duet: Lucy Crowe & William Berger

Lucy Crowe | William Berger

In the latest of his programmes for Delphian, Iain Burnside has looked to mid-19th-century Germany for a recital of (mostly)...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 03/2016

Concertos arranged for Trumpet

Jörg Faerber | Sergei Nakariakov | Württemberg Chamber Orchestra

As this curious collection of transcribed string concertos confirms, Nakariakov is fast becoming the Volodos of the trumpet; however natural...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 7/1999

Calidore String Quartet: Resilience

Calidore String Quartet

The cover of this new release from the Calidore Quartet has the four players standing in sunglasses in a Manhattan...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2018

Solitude (Dudok Quartet)

Dudok Quartet

Creating a concept quartet album takes more than simply giving it a title. But this is something of a speciality...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2018

MENDELSSOHN; MONTGEROULT; VIOTTI; WEBER Violin Sonatas (Sophie Rosa)

Ian Buckle | Sophie Rosa

How clever to pair sonatas by Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) and Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836). Renowned virtuosos and pedagogues as...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2021