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Review of SCHUMANN; TANEYEV Piano Quintets

SCHUMANN; TANEYEV Piano Quintets

I became obsessed with Sergey Taneyev’s Piano Quintet (1915) after hearing Pletnev, Repin, Gringolts, Imai and Harrell’s incendiary account (DG,...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2024

Review of MANZIARLY Chamber Works

MANZIARLY Chamber Works

Born in Kharkiv, trained in France and Switzerland, spiritually inspired in India and harboured by the United States, Marcelle de...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 06/2024

Review of FINNISSY 'Alternative Readings'

FINNISSY 'Alternative Readings'

This remarkable sequence of compositions by Michael Finnissy (b1943) has several special qualities. The framing performances of different versions of...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 06/2024

Review of 'Fauré authentique'

'Fauré authentique'

Just as the musical world has moved on from the polarity of authentic versus modern performance, here comes the A-word...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 06/2024

Review of BRAHMS Piano Trios (Trio Sõra)

BRAHMS Piano Trios (Trio Sõra)

I thoroughly enjoyed Trio Sōra’s nimble, clear-textured traversal of Beethoven’s six piano trios (Naïve, 12/20), although I found a few...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2024

Review of Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol 1

Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol 1

The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, the brainchild of violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster, has justified its name in several...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 06/2024

Review of BORTKIEWICZ; KOSENKO; SKORYK 'Ukrainian Masters'

BORTKIEWICZ; KOSENKO; SKORYK 'Ukrainian Masters'

Only the first panel of this absorbing triptych is advertised as a first recording, but Viktor Kosenko’s Sonata of 1927...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2024

Review of VIVALDI Le Quattro Stagioni (Julien Chauvin; Luka Faulisi)

VIVALDI Le Quattro Stagioni (Julien Chauvin; Luka Faulisi)

‘Yes, “another” recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons!’ cries Le Concert de la Loge’s violinist director Julien Chauvin at the top...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2024

Review of SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 13 PÄRT De profundis (Storgårds)

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 13 PÄRT De profundis (Storgårds)

Shostakovich’s Thirteenth is sonically the most austere of all his symphonies: it features a bass soloist, a male choir and...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 06/2024

Review of SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 1-4 (Janowski)

SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 1-4 (Janowski)

Reviewing Marek Janowski’s Beethoven cycle on Pentatone (2/21), Andrew Farach-Colton drew attention to its consistently clear articulation, ‘striking lack of...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2024


 

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