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Rendez-vous with Martha Argerich

There are live recordings and there are live recordings. Some catapult you straight to the event while others leave you...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2019

Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Time & Eternity

The disembodied head of Patricia Kopatchinskaja rests next to a violin, its back splintered, its neck missing. Inside the booklet,...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2019

Tessa Lark: Fantasy

On the evidence of this musically engaging programme, violinist Tessa Lark has a canny ability to adjust her approach according...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2019

Cobbett's Legacy (The Berkeley Ensemble)

What a good idea! Looking for practical ways to spread the word about emerging composers, the Berkeley Ensemble revisited the...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2019

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos 2, 7 & 8 (Pave Haas Quartet)

Shostakovich’s Second Quartet is remarkable for its sheer insistence. Long stretches of the first movement are sustained at a constant...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2019

POULENC; SEABOURNE; VLADIGEROV Violin Sonatas

Poulenc wasn’t instinctively drawn to the violin sonata: ‘The prima donna violin over arpeggiated piano nauseates me’, he’s reported to...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2019

MOZART; SCHUBERT Quartets Nos 15 (Quatour Voce)

These two works are, as per the cover legend, ‘Quartets Nos 15’ but apart from this they are perhaps an...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2019

MOZART Piano Trios (M Barenboim, D Barenboim & Soltani)

Naturally, the big personality here is Barenboim. Not Daniel but Michael Barenboim, his violinist son, himself an estimable soloist in...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2019

KODÁLY Cello Sonatina, Cello Sonata, Duo for Cello and Violin

Julian Steckel digs into the first chord of Kodály’s Solo Sonata (1914) with a gruff flourish, and from there his...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2019

HANDEL Complete Solo Sonatas (Il Rossignolo)

Perhaps surprisingly, this chunky four CD set from Il Rossignolo stands as the very first complete recording of all Handel’s...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2019

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