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VIVALDI Opera Arias and Concertos

Concerto de’ Cavalieri have produced recitals exploring the operas of Alessandro Scarlatti and Pergolesi, and the third volume in ‘The...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2014

VIVALDI Cello Sonatas

As with a Bach Suite, learning a Vivaldi sonata is a rite of passage for every cellist. While not often...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: AW2014

STRAUSS Wind Sonatinas Nos 1 & 2

Richard Strauss’s wind sonatinas, composed in the last years before his death, have a distinct Mozartian inheritance and were also...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: AW2014

SOMIS Violin Sonatas Op 1

Giovanni Battista Somis (1686-1763), pupil of Corelli and teacher of Leclair, Pugnani and many others, has always been seen as...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: AW2014

SCHUBERT Sonatinas for Violin and Piano

Summing up much of what came before and predicting some of what was to come, Schubert’s three sonatinas for violin...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW2014

RÖNTGEN Chamber Music

Julius Röntgen wrote almost three dozen works for violin and piano, seven more for violin solo. A few have appeared...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW2014

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio Op 50 RACHMANINOV Trio élégiaque

By the time Rachmaninov wrote his first Trio élégiaque, Tchaikovsky had already established the in memoriam mood that was to...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: AW2014

MOZART String Quartets Nos 14, 16 & 19

Mozart’s 1785 dedication of six quartets to Haydn reads: ‘May it therefore please you to receive them kindly and to...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: AW2014

MACMILLAN Visions of a November Spring

Here we have James MacMillan’s earliest foray into the string quartet medium. Taking its title from an expression marking found...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: AW2014

IBERT Works for Wind

Jacques Ibert’s music is the very epitome of French style, with its ‘elegance, lightness, tonal perfection, a dash of insolence...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: AW2014

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