Chamber
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NewsYoung string quartets head to Banff for international competition
Starting next week, the triennial competition has turbocharged the careers of several past winners
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Video
Kanneh-Mason Trio performs Deep River
Performed by the Kanneh-Mason Trio, this is an arrangement of the traditional spiritual Deep River. It is based on the 1904 piano arrangement by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The trio comprises the Kanneh-Mason siblings Sheku (cello), Isata (piano) and Braimah (violin), and this recording is being released by Decca as their ...
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Review
Paolo Pandolfo: Regina Bastarda
An attractive programme on instruments that are entirely legitimate
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Video
Magic Flute for string quartet
The Quatuor Zaïde perform a trancription of the Queen of the Night Aria from Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The group has recently released a recording of the a selection of highlights from the opera, as arranged by an anonymous contemporary of the composer. The video was ...
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Review
Trio Wanderer: Rachmaninoff, Grieg, Suk
Plenty of moody Russian emotion in this impressive programme
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Premium ❘ Feature
Passing the Torch
Expert encouragement in their early years helped turn the Belcea Quartet into one of today’s most formidable chamber ensembles. Twenty-five years after they started out, they talk to Tom Stewart about passing on their experience to the next generation – as well as continuing to gain knowledge themselves
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Review
Ãtma Quartet: Szymanowski, Panufnik, Penderecki
Highly promising debut recording of Polish music measures up well to the big players
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Review
Concert review: Escher Quartet
Leah Hollingsworth reviews what she heard at Alice Tully Hall on 7 May 2019
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Review
Concert review: Quatuor Danel
Dennis Rooney heard the foursome perform at Washington Irving High School on 11 May 2019
