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BOCCHERINI Six String Trios

The Sei Terzettini were written over a period of about a year from 1793, 25 years after Boccherini arrived in...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 07/2015

JS BACH Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV1014-1019

Linn’s fast-building accumulation of core Baroque repertory continues here with the sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord, six wondrous works...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2015

Valentina Lisitsa plays Philip Glass

Valentina Lisitsa’s emotionally charged and technically accomplished renditions of Chopin, Schumann and Rachmaninov et al have proved to be popular...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2015

TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony

Spliced together from a couple of critically acclaimed concerts towards the end of September 2013, this latest helping of Tchaikovsky...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2015

VIVALDI The Four Seasons. Cessate, omai cessate

It’s not unusual for vocalists to possess a certain instrumental facility and vice versa, or to be proficient on more...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 06/2015

NIELSEN Symphonies Nos 2 & 6

Sakari Oramo’s cycle of Nielsen symphonies roars to its conclusion with an account of the Second, The Four Temperaments, irresistibly...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2015

WRIGHT Four String Quartets

The music of Christopher Wright (b1954) has just recently been making headway in terms of recording, not least his combative...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2015

DONIZETTI Les martyrs

The knotty gestation of Les martyrs, explained in impressive and patient detail in Opera Rara’s characteristically excellent documentation for this...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2015

MAHLER Symphony No 9

How many Ninths do we really need? From Bruno Walter to Bruno Maderna (BBC, 8/06 – nla) and beyond, the...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2015

Alice Coote: L'heure exquise

Five of Poulenc's songs are included in Alice Coote’s recital, L’heure exquise. She begins with ‘Les chemins de l’amour’ and...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2015

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