Book reviews – Page 71
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ReviewAnna Kreetta Gribajcevic, Fine Arts Quartet: Spirit of Bohemia
Intimate, chamber-style performances capture the music’s gentle charm
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ReviewIsabelle Faust: Eötvös, Stravinsky
Hungarian composer’s mesmerising musical tribute to Spanish architecture
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ReviewManchester Collective: The Centre Is Everywhere
Sonic magic and immaculate playing combine in an unmissable recording
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ReviewRenaud Capuçon, Tabea Zimmermann: Jarrell
Two concertos for star soloists couldn’t have more committed performances
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ReviewLeft Coast Chamber Ensemble: Messiaen, Rohde
There’s a wartime vibe in this well-coordinated Quatuor
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ReviewGli Incogniti: Beyond the Limits
Bach Jr’s inventive string symphonies sparkle in these performers’ hands
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ReviewBook review: The Piedmontese Violin Makers in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Alberto Giordano reviews Claudio Amighetti’s magnum opus on the luthiers of north-west Italy
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ReviewBook review: Complete Method for the Double Bass/String Quartet op. 2 (Giovanni Bottesini)
Leon Bosch reviews the first two publications in a project to create urtexts of all the Italian composer’s works
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Ilze Klava (viola) Bergen Philharmonic/Edward Gardner
Andrew Mellor watches the performance at the Grieghallen Bergen, Norway, on 3 February 2021
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Mairéad Hickey (violin) Stephen Waarts (violin) Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello) Ivan Karizna (cello) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Christoph Eschenbach
Peter Quantrill gives his views on the performance at the HR-Sendesaal Frankfurt, Germany, on 4 February 2021
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Academy of Ancient Music/Laurence Cummings
Tim Homfray gives an appraisal of the performance at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, on 12 February
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Leila Josefowicz (violin)
Bruce Hodges watches an artful performance at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on 16 February 2021
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ReviewLive-streamed conert review: Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (violin/director)
Edward Bhesania watches the show at Sydney Town Hall, Australia, on 17 February 2021
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ReviewLinus Roth: Virtuoso Dances
An upbeat collection of dances for violin and piano to raise the spirits
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ReviewConcert review: Big Dog Little Dog
Leah Hollingsworth reports on ’Musical Storefronts’, an innovative way of performing during the pandemic, in New York on 5 February 2021
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Jupiter Quartet
Dennis Rooney listens to four short performances from the University of Illinois’s Krannert Center on 5, 12, 19 and 26 February 2021
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Steven Isserlis (cello) Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano)
Tim Homfray watches the performance at London’s Wigmore Hall on 2 February 2021, from the comfort of his own home
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ReviewJanusz Wawrowski: Różycki, Tchaikovsky
Rare Polish Romantic concerto performed with a Hollywood smile
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