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The New York Concert

Combining Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson Quartet was always going to be a juxtaposition of strong musical minds, as this...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2019

Music for a King: Chamber works from the court of Frederick the Great

This latest from Florilegium is such a musicological feast that it had three-quarters won me over before I even pressed...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2019

Les Vents Français: Moderniste

Les Vents Français have continued to set the pace in terms of wind-ensemble repertoire since their Gramophone Award-winning ‘Winds &...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2019

SCHUBERT String Quartet No 14. String Quintet

The particular twist in the Quartetto di Cremona’s coupling of Schubert’s two most popular late string masterpieces is their use...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2019

SCHUBERT Octet BERWALD Crand Septet

Anima Eterna perform Schubert’s ever-lovable Octet on instruments largely from the early 19th century. And these instruments are wild. Lisa...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2019

HOWELLS Chamber Music

Here’s a disc to sweep away preconceptions and to help you hear with fresh ears. Howells described the finale of...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2019

Flor da noite

Radamés Gnattali (1906 88) was an important figure in Brazilian music. He never realised his dream of being a concert...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2019

ELGAR String Quartet. Piano Quintet

Performances of conspicuous insight, pedigree and power. In the mighty Piano Quintet the Brodskys generate a consistently stimulating rapport with...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2019

DVORÁK String Quartets 5 & 12 SUK Meditation

The Albion Quartet, formed as recently as 2016, are a group of young Brits led by Tamsin Waley-Cohen. In a...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2019

COUPERIN Concerts Royaux. Les Nations

Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques celebrate the 350th anniversary of the birth of François Couperin ‘le Grand’ (1668-1733) with...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2019

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