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MOZART Sonatas for Violin & Piano, K 301, 304, 305 & 454 (Peter Hanson)

Peter Hanson has enjoyed a long career in period ensembles, primarily as leader of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique since...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2021

MOZART Prussian Quartets (Doric String Quartet)

Mozart complained that these three quartets – which may or may not have been commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm II...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2021

MENDELSSOHN String Quintets (Bartholdy Quintett)

This album offers a stirring and refreshing journey through the lights and shades of Mendelssohn’s lyrical and ethereal quintets. The...

Reviewed by Amy Blier-Carruthers in issue: 09/2021

DVORÁK Piano Trio Op 90 'Dumky' KODÁLY Duo for Violin and Violoncello

The only other violinist who in my experience ignites imagined rustic campfires as vividly as does Barnabás Kelemen is Grigoraș...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2021

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No 13. Grosse Fuge, Op 133 (Ehnes Quartet)

It’s many a year since I’ve heard string quartet-playing that’s more sheerly beautiful than this, whether in the sum of...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2021

JS BACH The Art of Fugue (Les Inattendus, Vincent Lhermet, Marianne Muller)

There’s a strange blend, sometimes remarkably so, to this performance by Les inAttendus. Will it replace the string quartet? No,...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 09/2021

History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vols 4 & 5 (Brahms Trio)

With these two discs The Brahms Trio conclude a journey of discovery that I have found both edifying and exhilarating....

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 09/2021

Divertissement! (C/O Chamber Orchestra)

This is the debut recording of the C/O Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble of 30 players from across Europe based in...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 09/2021

SAINT-SAËNS Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Kantorow)

The more I hear Saint-Saëns’s youthful symphonies, the more impressive they seem. If the various influences he absorbed are readily...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2021

POOT Symphonies 1-7

This Naxos release draws on a number of sources to present a complete cycle of the seven symphonies by the...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 09/2021

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