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'Round Midnight (Quatuor Ebène)

Fresh from their worldwide tour of Beethoven’s string quartets, the Quatuor Ébène come up with an ambitious project centred on...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2021

MENDELSSOHN String Quartets, Vol 2 (Doric String Quartet)

The Doric Quartet here conclude in magnificent style the cycle they began in October 2018. The line-up may have changed...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2021

Americascapes (Trevino)

Robert Trevino has put together a cleverly varied programme of little-known American orchestral works. Indeed, this is the premiere recording...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2021

MAHLER Symphony No 8 (Jurowski)

Modern listeners tend to take Mahler’s proud claim for the Eighth as his greatest achievement with a soup-spoon of salt....

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2021

GUBAIDULINA Dialog: Ich und Du. The Wrath of God. The Light of the End

There is always a spritual dimension to Sofia Gubaidulina’s work, and the violin concerto Dialog: Ich und Du is no...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2021

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra. Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta (Mälkki)

Susanna Mälkki’s thrilling sojourn in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle was roundly welcomed by me in the June issue of Gramophone –...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2021

Sabine Devieilhe: Bach. Handel

On the surface there is no recognisable thread that logically ties together the contents of this mouth-watering recital, although the...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2021

Ieva Jokubaviciute: Northscapes

Ieva Jokubaviciute’s first album was a tribute to Alban Berg. Here, she focuses on the Nordic and Baltic states, with...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2021

Reginald L Mobley: American Originals

San Francisco-based Agave’s third album with countertenor Reginald L Mobley pays tribute to Florence Price with eight tracks, none more...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 11/2021

J HALL Songs 'Bold Beauty' (Molly Fillmore)

The title of this album of songs by Juliana Hall refers to a poetry set that became Cameos, one of...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 11/2021

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