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BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas, Op 10 (Daniel Tong)

Pianist Daniel Tong first came to my attention in 2013 through his sensitive and cultured coupling of Schubert’s A major...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022

The Playhouse Sessions

Norwegian violinist Bjarte Eike’s Alehouse Sessions have become something of a classical shibboleth – an after-hours musical secret that has...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2022

TELEMANN Recorder Sonatas (Dan Laurin)

‘Long before I could try them out with a continuo player I was fascinated by the variety of ideas in...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2022

SCHUBERT String Quintet. Quartettsatz (Brodsky Quartet)

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Brodsky Quartet. Two original members remain from their early days as the...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2022

RUDERS Chamber Works

Poul Ruders may be less regarded for his chamber than for his orchestral and operatic output, and this release offers...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2022

RAZAZ The Strange Highway

Chilean poetry, Middle Eastern mythology, a new-age novel and Salvador Dalí are among the myriad of extramusical elements that have...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2022

RAVEL Works For Violin (Elsa Grether; David Lively)

Here we have a pair of albums that take very different approaches to Ravel’s slender output for violin. On Aparté,...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2022

MUSTONEN String Quartet No 1. Piano Quintet

Long established as a pianist, Olli Mustonen (b1967) is increasingly active as a conductor and composer, so that anyone who...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2022

MCINTOSH Little Jimmy

Since being founded in 2005, piano and percussion quartet Yarn/Wire has established itself as one of new music’s most adventurous...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 11/2022

JALBERT Air in Motion

Pierre Jalbert (b1967) ranks high among US composers of his generation, with a diverse catalogue whose amalgam of tradition and...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2022

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