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LOPES-GRAÇA Piano and Violin Works

For two discs of music by Fernando Lopes Graça (1906 93) to arrive for review simultaneously is a demonstration of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 08/2014

EÖTVÖS Sonata per sei. Psalm 151. Kosmos

Kosmos for two pianos is Peter Eötvös’s youthful response to Bartók’s Mikrokosmos, these short, concentrated explorations of single technical features...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 08/2014

BRAHMS String Quartets. Piano Quintet

The Gringolts Quartet is a remarkable group. These highly accomplished players achieve a near-perfect blend of sound, effortless precision and...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 08/2014

BIRTWISTLE Settings of Lorine Niedecker. Trio. Bogenstrich

After decades of favouring winds and percussion in his ensemble pieces, Birtwistle turned his attention in the course of the...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 08/2014

BENJAMIN Violin Sonatina. Viola Sonata

How encouraging it is to see Arthur Benjamin’s growing representation on disc. As I hope I made clear in my...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2014

BEETHOVEN String Trio Op 3. Serenade Op 8

The acknowledged masterpieces among Beethoven’s string trios are the three that form Op 9. Trio Zimmermann have already recorded those...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2014

BEETHOVEN String Quartets Vol 3

I got my first taste of the Quartetto di Cremona in a survey of Beethoven chamber music last summer. Now...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2014

BARTÓK Chamber Works for Violin Vol 3

Annotator Paul Griffiths imaginatively suggests that rather than calling his ‘clarinet trio’ Contrasts, Bartók might have opted for the more...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2014

JS BACH Six Trio Sonatas BWV525-530

That Bach himself routinely arranged his own works and those of others licenses enterprising modern performers to do likewise. Tempesta...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2014

JS BACH Viola da gamba Sonatas, BWV1027-1029

Bach’s ‘Gamba Sonatas’ on viola and accordion? Yes, but given that sometimes the surviving instrumentation of many Bach pieces can...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2014

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