All Alexander-Melnikov articles
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ReviewIsabelle Faust and friends: Debussy
Subtly ravishing music-making in Debussy’s late chamber works
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ReviewSchumann: Cello Concerto in A minor op.129; Piano Trio no.1 in D minor op.63
The Strad Issue: June 2016Description: The final instalment in these players’ trilogy delivers a revelatory TrioMusicians: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano) Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Pablo Heras-CasadoComposer: SchumannSchumann knew what he was talking about in describing Mendelssohn’s evergreen D minor Piano Trio of 1838 as ...
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ReviewBrahms: Violin Sonatas: no.2 in A major op.100, no.3 in D minor op.108. Dietrich/Schumann/Brahms: F.A.E.’ Sonata. Schumann: Three Romances op.94
The Strad Issue: November 2015Description: Faust and Melnikov finish their Brahms survey, eight years onMusicians: Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (piano)Composer: Brahms, Dietrich/Schumann/Brahms, SchumannIsabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov complete their Brahms sonata cycle as they started (2007), with Faust playing a gut-strung 1704 Stradivari and Melnikov a ...