Book reviews – Page 98
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ReviewTasmin Little: Strauss
Lush, silken strings and a charming soloist in this Strauss collection
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ReviewRafaell Altino: Works for Solo Viola
Contemporary viola works come alive in the hands of a highly perceptive player
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ReviewEmerson Quartet: The New York Concert
A quintet of big-name artists is let down by a lack of balance
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ReviewLinus Roth: The Romantic Violin Concerto Vol.22
Convincingly blowing the cobwebs off another almost-forgotten violin concerto
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ReviewTorleif Thedéen: Khachaturian
The player’s the real star in this somewhat over-coloured music
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ReviewElinor Frey: Guided by Voices
Contemporary works bring fresh life to a time-travelling instrument
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ReviewBrodsky Quartet: Elgar
Deeply affecting performances of works that speak for the fallen generation
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ReviewOphélie Gaillard: Boccherini
Classical cello works that contain more than a few sketches of Spain
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ReviewBook review: Classical Violin Technique: The Certain Path to Technical Perfection
A technical guide for violinists by Michael Frischenschlager
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ReviewBook review: Improvisation for Strings
Max Grosch reviews Tim Kliphuis’s new guide to improvisation
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ReviewMessiaen Trio plays Messiaen
An eloquent and expressive reading of Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
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ReviewMarais meets Corelli
Playing that is consistently communicative in its intensity in this disc of 17th-century viol music
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ReviewEdgar Moreau: cello concertos by Offenbach and Friedrich Gulda
Two ebullient concertos fly under the fingers of a true virtuoso
