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SKROWACZEWSKI Chamber Works

A child prodigy whose career as a concert pianist was cut short by injury, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (1923-2017) made his career...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2023

RUBINSTEIN String Quartets (Reinhold Quartett)

Composed in the early 1850s, when Anton Rubinstein was just finding his way, these two confident quartets sport evident virtues:...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 08/2023

REICH Music for 18 Musicians

For around 20 years after its premiere in April 1976, Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians remained largely within his...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2023

POPPE Prozession

Enno Poppe is a force of nature in German new music. His floppy red hair and towering height are often...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 08/2023

KAHN; d'INDY Clarinet Trios

Talk about a chamber programme scoring off the chart for niche factor. In fact it’s entirely forgivable to have never...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 08/2023

HAYDN String Quartets Op 33 Nos 1-3 (Chiaroscuro Quartet)

Written ‘in a completely new and special way, for I haven’t composed any for 10 years’ is how Haydn touted...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 08/2023

HAYDN Piano Trios Vol 8 (Aquinas Piano Trio)

With a little help from the Kungsbacka, the Aquinas are gradually colonising the complete Haydn keyboard trios for Naxos –...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2023

DVOŘÁK Piano Trio 3. Sonatina

In a very crowded field, Dvořák’s F minor Piano Trio might be his single most neglected major chamber work: an...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2023

DONIZETTI String Quartets (Quartetto Delfico)

Hands up: I was dimly aware that Donizetti had written string quartets, but rather like Berlioz (with his insistence that...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2023

DAMASE Music For Flute, Violin, Viola and Harp

Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013) has, it would seem, divided opinion over time. Flautist Anna Noakes tells us in a booklet note...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2023

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