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CPE BACH; KRAFT Cello Concertos (Jean-Guihen Queyras)

Whereas cellists who record CPE Bach’s three cello concertos usually place them together on a single album, Jean-Guihen Queyras and...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2024

French Opera Overtures By Auber, Planquette and Lecocq

The title is a little misleading. True, there are five 19th-century French overtures here, including three by Auber and one...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2024

BEETHOVEN 'The Middle Quartets' (Calidore Quartet)

Any new recording of Beethoven’s quartets will provoke argument. Preconceptions inevitably play their part. What cannot be denied is the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2024

Saint Louis Reflections

The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus’s eighth recording for Regent showcases 11 commissions from the past 15 years, all receiving their...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2024

Nicole Keller: Those Americans

A warm welcome to this collection of organ rarities, played with outstanding advocacy by Nicole Keller on the sonically exciting...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2024

RUNESTAD A Dream so Bright

Jake Runestad addresses two major issues in the choral works on this new album: post-traumatic stress disorder and the plight...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2024

Ochre

The Crossing is an ensemble devoted to repertoire that expands the possibilities of vocal music even as it challenges the...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2024

DAVIDSON Barefoot

In her booklet notes and interviews, Tina Davidson puts an emphasis on the introspective nature of these five beautifully written...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2024

ERKIN; RAVEL; SCHULHOFF String Quartets

Bravo first of all to the Klenke Quartet for having the imagination to pair the Ravel String Quartet neither with...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2024

Aigul Akhmetshina: Aigul

Only in her late 20s, Russian-born Aigul Akhmetshina has caused a considerable stir of late after what can only be...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2024

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