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BEETHOVEN; FRANCK; SCHUMANN Violin Sonatas (Renaud Capuçon)

I’m not sure whether it’s significant that all three works are in A major/minor, but this concert from last Easter’s...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2022

Beethoven for Three: Symphony No 6 'Pastorale'

I was bowled over by Kavakos, Ma and Ax’s recent recording of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony as arranged by Colin Matthews...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2022

JS BACH Flute Sonatas (Aysha Wills)

Why Bach? This is what young Canadian flautist Aysha Wills asked herself when deciding what to play for this, her...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2022

ADAMS Sila: The Breath of the World

The last piece by John Luther Adams that came my way for review was his fourth string quartet, Everything That...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2022

Sharon Bezaly: Synergy

Booklet notes that begin ‘According to Wikipedia’, in my book, are not a great first sign. Neither is an album...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2022

Serenata: Brazilian Music For Chamber Orchestra

This intriguing album is a showcase for what Brazilian composers during the course of the 19th century could achieve after...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2022

Lucie Horsch: Origins

Charlie Parker’s Ornithology on the treble recorder? Surely not. But yes, this is exactly how Dutch recorder supremo Lucie Horsch...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2022

Nelson Freire: Memories - The Unreleased Recordings

I thought this would be a nil nisi bonum appreciation of a sorely missed artist who commanded wide respect among...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2022

Alexandre Tharaud: Cinema

Few nations venerate cinema like the French. Think of François Truffaut’s admiration of the films of Hitchcock or his love...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2022

YUN Three Late Works (Vänskä)

Few composers’ lives were more affected by the geopolitics of the 20th century than that of Isang Yun. Born in...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 12/2022

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