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Oberon Trio: Duality

Haydn’s D minor Trio begins with a stunning set of double variations alternating minor and major modes, ascending and descending...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2020

Paul Tortelier: RIAS Recordings

What we have here, to quote Rüdiger Albrecht’s comprehensive booklet note, are first-release recordings ‘made in 1949, 1962 and 1964...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2020

WEIGL String Quartets Nos 7 & 8 (Thomas Christian Ensemble)

Thomas Christian’s ensemble is well placed to broaden and deepen our understanding of an overlooked Viennese contemporary of Schoenberg. I...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2020

SCHUMANN Piano Quintet. Piano Quartet (Mortensen, Engegård Quartet)

CD artwork can be terribly generic. Yes, these are Norwegian artists on a Norwegian label, and the moody monochrome seascape...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2020

HANDEL Works For Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (Ibrahim Aziz)

It’s the non-Handel works and the music not originally for viola da gamba that are particularly interesting on this new...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2020

GRIEG Violin Sonatas (Elena Urioste)

Grieg’s violin sonatas still seem to get a raw deal on disc. And yet, as the composer himself said, ‘these...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2020

GOULD; GULDA String Quartets

This disc is a real find. Glenn Gould and Friedrich Gulda are still familiar names as performers of the first...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020

FINE Five for Five

Michael Fine may not be familiar to many as a composer but for three decades he worked very successfully as...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 05/2020

ENESCU; MENDELSSOHN Octets (Gringolts Quartet & Meta4)

When it comes to choosing a recommendable version of Enescu’s fiery and tightly argued Octet, a work written in 1900...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2020

BRAHMS Sonatas Opp 78 & 12 (Wallfisch & York)

It’s not certain who arranged Brahms’s First Violin Sonata for cello, but I’d bet it wasn’t the composer. As the...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2020

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