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SCHUMANN Violin Sonatas

Whether one can hear shades of Schumann’s nervous collapse within his D minor Violin Sonata is very much up for...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2016

SCHUBERT Piano à quatre mains

Debate often rages here at Gramophone Towers: do piano duets get reviewed in the Instrumental or Chamber sections of the...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2016

BRAHMS; DVOŘÁK; MOZART String Quartets

Brahms, like Mozart, seems to have been happier with quintets than with quartets. It’s no surprise that chamber groups want...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2016

MOZART Symphonies & Piano Concertos arr. Hummel

During the 18th and 19th centuries, it was common practice to make chamber or solo arrangements of orchestral works to...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2016

MOSZKOWSKI Works for Violin and Piano

This invaluable selection revives three of Moszkowski’s works for violin and piano (the composer was a fine violinist as well...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2016

LALO Piano Trios

The spirits of both Mendelssohn and Schumann haunt Edouard Lalo’s three piano trios. In the third of them there is...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2016

A Wondrous Mystery - Renaissance Music for Christmas

This new disc of Renaissance Christmas music from vocal ensemble Stile Antico offers a cleverly balanced selection of festive Lutheran...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2015

L'héritage de Petrus Alamire

The Huelgas Ensemble are no strangers to off-the-wall programmes, and this one is certainly eccentric – on paper, at least....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2015

Cantate Domino

The Sistine Chapel Choir celebrate their musical heritage through a selection of Renaissance sacred music recorded inside the Sistine Chapel....

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2015

Ariane & Orphée: French Baroque Cantatas

The myths of Ariadne and Orpheus form the inspiration for Ensemble Stravaganza’s first recording of French Baroque music. The leaders,...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2015

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