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ReviewDoric Quartet: Mendelssohn String Quartets vol.1
Structured readings that also capture the intense emotions of the music
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Peter Sheppard Skærved: violin and viola works by Hans Werner Henze
Piquant and lyrical playing of some 20th-century violin and viola works
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Benjamin Schmid: Bartók Violin Concertos
A spirited take on Bartók violin concertos, but one that sacrifices precision for indulgence
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Smith Quartet: Nyman String Quartets nos.4 & 5
Energetic accounts of music by a modern minimalist
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Schumann & Fauré Piano Quintets: James Ehnes, Mira Wang, Naoko Shimizu, Jan Vogler, Louis Lortie
A crack team of soloists play together like old friends
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Joshua Bell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields: Bruch
Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto no.1 in one of Bell’s most captivatingly inspired releases
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Alexandra Conunova; Michail Lifits: Prokofiev
One of the most enjoyable discs of the two Prokofiev violin sonatas to have appeared in some time
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Daniel Lozakovich: Bach
Swedish prodigy Daniel Lozakovich draws mellifluous sonorities from his 1713 ‘Baron Rothschild’ Stradivari in this debut disc of Bach
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Dvořák Piano Quintets & Bagatelles: Busch Trio, Maria Milstein, Miguel da Silva
Spirit and charm of these works is captured with jewel-like precision
