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TANEYEV; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Piano Trios

Although Borodin and Tchaikovsky wrote string quartets and, in Tchaikovsky’s case, a piano trio that have maintained their rightful place...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2017

RACHMANINOV; PROKOFIEV Cello Sonatas

Johannes Moser is palpably a gifted cellist, lending his warm tone to two very different Russian sonatas. I was momentarily...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2017

PROKOFIEV Violin Sonata No 1. 5 Melodies. Romeo and Juliet Suite

The Japanese violinist Lisa Oshima has by no means gone for the easier option here, choosing, instead of Prokofiev’s more...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2017

MOZART; POLUENC Violin Sonatas

Poulenc wasn’t too sure about violin sonatas: ‘The prima donna violin over arpeggiated piano makes me want to vomit’, he...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2017

MONDONVILLE Trio Sonatas Op 2

I’ve always rather liked the portrait of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville. With his bonny face, playful smile and tidy steel-coloured...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2017

HAYDN String Quartets Opp 54 & 55

Is there a greater musical treat than sitting down to listen to a new set of Haydn quartets (well, apart...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2017

GOLDBERG Beyond the Variations

Yes, it’s that Goldberg, he of the Variations: the same one whose service as court musician to insomniac Count Keyserlingk...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 02/2017

GLASS Music for the Crucible

Glass has long maintained that he is a theatre composer rather than a minimalist, and has drawn inspiration from the...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 02/2017

ENESCU Violin Sonatas Nos 2 & 3

The piano ripples over the opening phrase of the Third Sonata, the violin gives a yearning, wavering cry and immediately...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2017

CRANE Sound of Horse

These five scores by the British composer Laurence Crane were written over a period of 13 years, between 1996 and...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 02/2017

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