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SCHUBERT et al Trouts

An international ensemble perform Schubert’s evergreen quintet for piano and strings, and surround it with the ‘Trout Project’ – a...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2019

HAYDN String Quartets, Op 71 (Maxwell Quartet)

Composed for London’s Hanover Square Rooms, Haydn’s Op 71 Quartets balance a chamber-musical refinement with broad effects calculated to appeal...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2019

GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN Complete String Quartets, Vol 1

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen wrote his first three string quartets in 1959 and his 14th and last in 2013, three years before...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2019

FENNESSY Panopticon

David Fennessy, now in his 40s, has come a long way since playing guitar in rock bands. Born in Ireland,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 04/2019

FAURÉ; DEBUSSY; SZYMANOWSKI Violin Sonatas

It’s a violin contest we have to thank for this new duo partnership between longstanding DG artist Rafał Blechacz and...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2019

BONS Nomaden

For decades after it was first given in 1985, the Grawemeyer Award was mostly canonical, honouring composers who most regular...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 05/2019

BEETHOVEN String Quartets Vol 11 (Cuarteto Casals)

Bored of Beethoven? Judging from the advance reaction to next year’s 250th anniversary celebrations, some people already are. Perhaps you...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2019

BARTÓK; BEETHOVEN; DEBUSSY String Quartets

This disc is a sort of 10th-anniversary gift from the Benyounes Quartet to themselves: a programme of three works with...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2019

The Trio Sonata Project: JS Bach

‘The Trio Sonata Project’ takes inspiration from the Baroque practice of arranging pre existing music by other composers for a...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2019

ALWYN; CARWITHEN Music for String Quartet

The string quartet as a genre always held a special fascination for William Alwyn and while a young composer he...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 05/2019

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