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SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet. Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok

We used to see Shostakovich’s output discussed in terms of confessional chamber works and public symphonies, not that the division...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: AW20

PROKOFIEV; SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Sonatas (Natalia Prishepenko)

This thoughtful coupling, one that might have been expected to initiate a whole series of recordings from the two Russian-born,...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: AW20

MOZART String Quintets, K515 & 516 (Quator Van Kuijk; Adrien La Marca)

'He commands light and shade’, wrote Busoni about Mozart, ‘but his light never blinds, and his darkness still shows clear...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW20

HAYDN String Quartets Op 33 (Doric String Quartet)

Haydn had already acquired a reputation for the antic and the eccentric – inspired or downright offensive, according to taste...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW20

BRAHMS Clarinet Sonatas (Widmann)

As is evident from both the booklet notes and their playing, Jörg Widmann and András Schiff share a love of...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20

BRAHMS Cello Sonatas (Luigi Piovano. Daniel Müller-Schott)

Two new recordings centred around the Brahms cello sonatas – what riches! Daniel Müller-Schott makes his second appearance on disc...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW20

What's Next Vivaldi? (Patricia Kopatchinskaja)

I listened to an awful lot of Vivaldi concertos during lockdown – all 484 of those currently available on disc....

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20

Jess Gillam: Time

The classical saxophone album often appears in one of two basic formats. First, there’s the variety-pack version, which blends core...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW20

Michel Portal, Paul Meyer: Double

‘Double’ clarinets could, I suppose, have been a bit of a procession of unremarkable and maybe overlong Classical and early...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW20

Beethoven's Ninth: Symphony for the World

‘A breathtaking documentary about the greatest symphony of all time.’ ‘Not just for fans of classical music!’ You have been...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20

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