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M WILLIAMSON Chamber Music for Wind and Piano

Being appointed Master of the Queen’s Music after the death of Arthur Bliss in 1975 was probably the worst thing...

Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 06/2025

WEINBERG String Quartets Vol 5 (Arcadia Quartet)

The world got to know Mieczysław Weinberg’s string quartets through the performances and complete recordings of the Danel Quartet (their...

Reviewed by Aleksander Laskowski in issue: 06/2025

SCHUMANN Violin Sonatas (Joshua Brown)

What qualities do you look for in a Schumann violin sonata? Ardour, certainly, and there’s a fine romantic sweep to...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2025

RAVEL String Quartet (Attacca Quartet)

For their debut on the Platoon label, the Attacca Quartet offer this digital EP of Ravel’s String Quartet. Having heard...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2025

RACHMANINOV Piano Trios

For the sixth volume in their absorbing survey of Russian piano trios for Naxos, the Moscow-based Brahms Trio sink us...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2025

MOZART '1, 2, 3, 4: Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet'

Odd that this album should be very definitely titled ‘Mozart 1·2·3·4’ when it has very definitely come out as ‘Mozart...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2025

IDDON Hesperides

Each of the three pieces on the present release – the first NMC has devoted to Martin Iddon’s music, after...

Reviewed by John Fallas in issue: 06/2025

DVOŘÁK; PRICE Piano Quintets

In some sense, the dumka is at the heart of nearly all of Dvořák’s music. That poetic opposition between melancholy...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2025

BONIS; FARRENC; FIRSOVA Chamber Music

It would seem Louise Farrenc adopted the unusual scoring of her two quintets (composed in quick succession in 1839‑40) –...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2025

CPE BACH Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (Ryo Terakado)

This is an altogether stunning album. Ryo Terakado performs on a Giovanni Grancino violin made in 1690, while Fabio Bonizzoni...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 06/2025

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