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Transfigurations

The title of this disc, ‘Transfigurations’, is an umbrella for Les Esprits Animaux’s latest journey into the musical past, although...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 02/2014

JANÁČEK; BARTÓK Sonatas for Violin and Piano

A fascinating, satisfying programme, bringing together three composers whose work is rooted in their local cultures, absorbed to form highly...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 02/2014

Into the Ravine

This is not the first time that works by Michael Berkeley, John McCabe and Adrian Williams have rubbed shoulders together...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2014

Green: String Quartets by Schumann and Kurtág

‘Green’ is the final volume in a three-disc series by the Amaryllis Quartet that combines contemporary works for string quartet...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 02/2014

Between Worlds: Avi Avital

With mandolin players such as Avi Avital and Chris Thile doing such wondrous things with Bach et al, you might...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 02/2014

SCHUBERT String Quintet

Another C major Quintet – following on from the Pavel Haas Quartet (with cellist Danjulo Ishizaka), whose interpretation I have...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2014

RÖNTGEN String Trios

Julius Röntgen (1855 1932) was hugely prolific, his output extending to around 500 works. It is fair to say that...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2014

PANDOLFI Violin Sonatas Op 3

Not much is...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2014

JERSILD Chamber Music

Jørgen Jersild (1913-2004) was a pupil of Poul Schierbeck and thus a grand-pupil of Nielsen. He was introduced by his...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2014

HUMMEL. SCHUBERT String Quintets

Period instruments in Schubert and Hummel chamber recordings are still relatively thin on the ground. And this pairing of works...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2014

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