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CHOPIN Piano Sonata No 3 SZYMANOWSKI Variations (Jonathan Fournel)

In the press release of his third disc for Alpha, the French winner of the 2021 Queen Elisabeth Competition compares...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 10/2024

JS BACH Solo Cello Suites (Henrik Dam Thomsen)

There’s arguably no such thing as a non-impactful opening to a Bach Solo Cello Suites recording. That said, the presence...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2024

Sarahbanda

Sarahbanda is a by-product of Berlin Philharmonic horn player Sarah Willis’s successful ‘Mozart y Mambo’ series, which she recorded in...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2024

Rendez-vous with Martha Argerich Vol 3

Like the Verbier Festival, ‘Festival Martha Argerich’ hosts some of the world’s best-known soloists, as well as some who aren’t...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2024

Arpeggione - A Forgotten Instrument

‘The tirelessly active instrument maker, Mr Stauffer … has introduced a new instrument, which he calls the Guitarre d’amour’, reported...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2024

Augustin Hadelich: American Road Trip

Throughout this ingeniously programmed ‘American Road Trip’, showcasing his versatility across various American musical styles, Augustin Hadelich displays mastery in...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2024

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Complete String Quartets (Verdi Quartet)

The sharp-eyed reader of Michael Kennedy’s standard work on the music of Vaughan Williams will remember that he composed three...

Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 10/2024

TORELLI 12 Concerti da Camera

That the Verona-born violinist and composer Giuseppe Torelli has long been recognised as an important figure in the development of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2024

TANEYEV Violin Sonata. Piano Quintet

This is a superb performance of Taneyev’s massive and meaty Piano Quintet. Like Mikhail Pletnev and his starry quartet of...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2024

MENDELSSOHN Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2

Until now, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk have joined up on only a single recording, which featured the...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 10/2024

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