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HANDEL Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Basso Continuo

Having made enjoyable recordings of the Op 2 (c1731) and Op 5 (1739) collections of trio sonatas, it makes perfect...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2016

ELGAR; DEBUSSY; RESPIGHI Violin Sonatas

Is James Ehnes capable of making a sound that isn’t beautiful? If you’ve been following his career you’ll already have...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2016

CHOPIN; FRANCHOMME Works for Cello and Piano

The two works Chopin wrote for cello and piano at either end of his career are here placed in reverse...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2016

SCHOENBERG. BERG. WEBERN Complete Works for String Quartet

Judging a book by its cover is rightly frowned upon, but you can sure tell a lot about a string...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 06/2016

A Tribute to Hans Knappertsbusch

The two vintage Austrian Radio concert broadcasts combined and upgraded here – in vision and, perhaps, sound (no details) –...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2016

Silvesterkonzert: New Year‘s Eve Concert 2015

Most of this concert, recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie last New Year’s Eve, is like being driven in the...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2016

Overtures from the British Isles Vol 2

This most welcome second volume of British overtures serves to accentuate the sheer diversity of works this country produced in...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 06/2016

RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez

Sometimes a work’s ubiquity blinds us to its brilliance. Familiarity breeds – albeit amiable, cosy – contempt. Rodrigo’s Concierto de...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 06/2016

Ning Feng: Apasionado

The best thing about this disc is the programme, followed closely by the recorded sound and, a short distance behind...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2016

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fat Knight. Henry V Overture

No sooner had I greeted Lyrita’s enterprising refurbishment of Stanford Robinson’s 1956 BBC broadcast of RVW’s Falstaff opera Sir John...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2016

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