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JS BACH Die Kunst der Fuge (Masaaki Suzuki)

Only weeks after, in reviewing Christophe Rousset’s recent Art of Fugue (Aparté, 1/24), I was saying how recordings of it...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 05/2024

Trio Lirico: Treasures

Two difficult rarities anchor this release. Most challenging is the first recording of Peter Eötvös’s 2020 Trio, written as a...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 05/2024

Daniel Hope: Dance!

We learn from Andrew Stewart’s first-rate booklet that Daniel Hope wanted to make a dance album 20 years ago. Concept...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2024

TARTINI Violin Sontatas (Adrian Chandler)

Well, what a treat this is. I can’t be the only one who finds themselves, whenever a fresh concerto recording...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2024

Suite Italienne: Vivaldi, Sollima, Stravinsky

The vitality of sound captured here by Linn is possibly the most attractive aspect of this album. It perfectly suits...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2024

SHOSTAKOVICH Complete String Quartets (Quatuor Danel)

The Shostakovich quartets have moved from the periphery to the centre of the repertoire without too much in the way...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2024

From the Beginning: Music for Winds and Piano by Mozart, Thuille and Poulenc

As the booklet note confirms, this recording is ‘a celebration of 30 years of music-making’ between the splendid Galliard Ensemble...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2024

HAYDN Complete Piano Trios Vol 3 (Trio Gaspard)

Trio Gaspard return with a third selection from across Haydn’s output of piano trios. The C major and E minor...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2024

HANDEL Complete Violin Sonatas (Bojan Čičić)

It’s beginning to feel a bit like buses with Bojan Čičić: you spend ages thinking how enjoyable it would be...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2024

COUPERIN Concerts Royaux

Couperin’s four Concerts royaux – each a suite of about half a dozen devilishly attractive instrumental movements, mostly dances –...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2024

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