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EASTMAN Femenine

During her recent BBC Radio 4 programme on Julius Eastman, it was hard to disagree with vocalist Elaine Mitchener’s assessment...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 08/2019

DVOŘÁK; TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trios (Shani, Capuçon, Soltani)

These performances were caught live at last year’s Aix Easter Festival, with Gautier Capuçon joining two rising stars of the...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2019

Bohemia Express

According to the booklet notes, the St George Quintet had the idea for this disc while riding the appropriately named...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2019

DVOŘÁK Piano Trios Opp 21 & 26 (Busch Trio)

This disc is the follow-up to the Busch Trio’s recording of Dvořák’s mature masterpieces, Opp 65 and 90, about which...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2019

DEBUSSY; RAVEL; TAILLEFERRE String Quartets (Stenhammar Quartet)

Like Debussy and Ravel, Germaine Tailleferre wrote only one string quartet. It began life in 1917 as a Sonatine for...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2019

BOND Instruments of Revelation

Victoria Bond (b1945) is a multifaceted composer and conductor (the first woman to hold a Doctorate in Conducting from the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2019

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Trio Zimmermann)

If you play the first variation of the Goldbergs on strings it resembles the opening of the Third Brandenburg. Or...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2019

SUK Asrael Symphony. Fairy Tale (Bělohlávek)

How gratifying that Jiří Bělohlávek was able to re record Suk’s Asrael in his second tenure at the helm of...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2019

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 21 (Bavouzet)

These miraculous works from the Lenten season of 1785 may be the two Mozart concertos most commonly paired on disc....

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2019

CHARPENTIER Histoires sacrées

This is superb. Here is a generous selection of sacred pieces by Charpentier, impeccably performed by Ensemble Correspondances under Sébastien...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 07/2019

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