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BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 (Tessa Uys, Ben Schoeman)

I thought I was not going to enjoy this. Beethoven’s Eroica arranged for piano duet – one of the most...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Samuele Telari )

A considerable degree of patience is required to get through Samuele Telari’s rendition of the Goldbergs. In our October 2020...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: AW21

JS BACH English Suites Nos 1-3 (Vladimir Ashkenazy)

Although Vladimir Ashkenazy gave up public piano performances in 2007 due to arthrosis, he still could achieve memorable, world-class results...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW21

AHO 'Solo'

Various composers have attempted writing series of works for solo instruments, most famously, perhaps, Berio in his 14 Sequenzas (1958-2002)....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW21

Elena Urioste, Tom Poster: The Jukebox Album

When the first lockdown hit, husband-and-wife team Elena Urioste and Tom Poster started broadcasting daily from a borrowed home in...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW21

Janine Jansen: 12 Stradivari

While it’s true that not every great violin is a Stradivarius, and not every Stradivarius is truly great, it is...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: AW21

VILLA-LOBOS Complete Violin Sonatas (Emmanuele Baldini)

Although they have tended to be overshadowed in the context of his large and diverse output, the violin sonatas by...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW21

THORVALDSDÓTTIR 'Enigma' (Spektral Quartet)

Sono Luminus’s recent reissue of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s debut album on Innova, ‘Rhízōma‘ (2011), served as a good reminder that while...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW21

PROKOFIEV Romeo & Juliet SCHUMANN Dichterliebe

Something old, something new, something borrowed … I guess all transcriptions are borrowed – or purloined – and viola players...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW21

PENDERECKI Complete String Quartets (Silesian Quartet)

Hot on the heels of the Tippett Quartet’s marvellous recent disc of Penderecki’s complete string quartets comes this superb account...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW21

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