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Review of ROSLAVETS Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 (Marina Tarasova)

ROSLAVETS Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 (Marina Tarasova)

Nikolay Roslavets was born in 1881, the same year as Myaskovsky, Bartók and Enescu. His father worked for the railway,...

Reviewed by Aleksander Laskowski in issue: 04/2025

Review of RAVEL; SCHUBERT 'Harmonie du Soir'

RAVEL; SCHUBERT 'Harmonie du Soir'

The Trio Con Brio Copenhagen recorded the Ravel Trio for a 2007 release (nla) on the US-based Azica label. It...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2025

Review of MOZART Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin (Sayaka Shoji)

MOZART Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin (Sayaka Shoji)

‘Sonatas for keyboard with violin accompaniment’, we are always reminded, and in performances on instruments of the period (or very...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2025

Review of MOZART Complete Works for Clarinet, Vol 1 (Nicolas Baldeyrou)

MOZART Complete Works for Clarinet, Vol 1 (Nicolas Baldeyrou)

‘On the page it looked nothing. The beginning simple, almost comic. Just a pulse – bassoons and basset-horns – like...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2025

Review of MARAIS Sonnerie De Sainte-Genevieve Du Mont

MARAIS Sonnerie De Sainte-Genevieve Du Mont

Marin Marais’s 1723 collection La gamme et autres morceaux de symphonie comes between his fourth (1717) and fifth (1725) Livres...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 04/2025

Review of HAYDN Piano Trios Vol 4 (Trio Gaspard)

HAYDN Piano Trios Vol 4 (Trio Gaspard)

All four Haydn piano trios collected here are from late in the composer’s career but none might really be counted...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2025

Review of HAHN Piano Quintet. Songs. Piano Quartet

HAHN Piano Quintet. Songs. Piano Quartet

The music of Reynaldo Hahn is well known to song enthusiasts – who doesn’t adore the delectable ‘À Chloris?’ –...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2025

Review of GÓRECKI Complete String Quartets (Silesian Quartet)

GÓRECKI Complete String Quartets (Silesian Quartet)

Once upon a time (ie in 2008) there was a major record label called EMI. Its ambitious Polish branch published...

Reviewed by Aleksander Laskowski in issue: 04/2025

Review of DVOŘÁK String Quartets Vol 5 (Vogler Quartett)

DVOŘÁK String Quartets Vol 5 (Vogler Quartett)

‘He always enjoyed a tavern sextet’, recalled Dvořák’s friend Josef Zubatý, and the fledgling composer played more than his share...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2025

Review of DUPRÉ Piano and Chamber Works

DUPRÉ Piano and Chamber Works

A quick canter through the pages of Gramophone reveals that scant attention has been paid to Marcel Dupré’s chamber and...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 04/2025


 

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