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Fondation Gautier Capuçon présente Kim Bernard: Chopin, Ravel, Debussy

French cellist Gautier Capuçon has established a foundation in his name with the goal of aiding young musicians early in...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2022

Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol 7

Louis Lortie’s Chopin odyssey continues with the judicious ordering of groups of mazurkas interspersed with some of the stand-alone solos....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2022

JS BACH Suites for Solo Cello (Marina Tarasova)

This is not a recording for the faint-hearted. Anyone expecting soothing, bubble-bath arpeggiations from the Prelude of the First Suite...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 08/2022

Lamenting Lullaby: English Oboe Quartets

Last October I reviewed a programme of British oboe quintets played by Nicholas Daniels and the Doric Quartet featuring works...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 08/2022

Cello Concertos From Northern Germany (Gulrim Cho)

Ensemble Diderot do it again, and this time cello lovers can rejoice. Four cello concertos by four composers – only...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 08/2022

TANGUY 'In a Dream'

While ‘spectral minimalism’ may not accurately capture Éric Tanguy’s music (the composer himself has stated that he does not subscribe...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2022

RIES Piano Trio. Sextets (The Nash Ensemble)

My second Ferdinand this month (see page 52), and another figure best known for his association with others. The most...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2022

MESSIAEN Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Åstrand; Teyssier; Salo; Thomsen)

With some three dozen versions currently available, Quatuor pour la fin du temps is the most recorded of Messiaen’s larger...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2022

HOLMBOE String Quartets, Vol 2 (Nightingale String Quartet)

The Nightingale Quartet’s first volume (3/21) opened with Holmboe’s first published quartet, Op 46, and this second concludes with his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2022

HILLER Piano Quartet No 3. Piano Quintet Op 156

Ferdinand Hiller (1811 85) is one of those composers known more as a name in the biographies of others than...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2022

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