Concert reviews – Page 102
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ReviewHilary Hahn: Bach Solo Violin
Exceptional technical command and the utmost integrity and communication
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ReviewBaiba Skride: American Concertos
Persuasive and attention-grabbing versions of a trio of American concertos by Bernstein, Korngold and Rósza
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ReviewVadim Repin: Prokofiev Violin Concerto no.1, 1997 recording
Exciting live recording of an almost runaway late-nineties performance with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
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ReviewRoger Reynolds: Aspiration
Irvine Arditti (violin), Paul Hembree (computer musician), Inauthentica/Mark Menzies
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ReviewPhilip Dukes; Anna Tilbrook; James Gilchrist: Vaughan Williams
Dukes matches his sound world exactly to Vaughan Williams’s string music
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ReviewChiaroscuro Quartet: Schubert String Quartets, no.14 ‘Death and the Maiden’, no.9 in G minor
Light and shade abound in performances of brisk, fierce beauty
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ReviewGli incogniti: Concerti per Esterházy
The Baroque group wanders into new territory with Haydn’s violin concertos
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ReviewSteven Isserlis; Dénes Várjon: Chopin
Steven Isserlis passionately argues the case for Chopin’s Cello Sonata
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ReviewTransfigured Night: Alisa Weilerstein, Trondheim Soloists
Beautifully realised programme from the two Viennese schools
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ReviewEldbjørg Hemsing: Dvořák Violin Concerto, Suk Fantasy
A splendid combination of purity and sweeping, Heifetz-like intensity
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ReviewLeila Schayegh; Jan Schultsz: Brahms
Highly sensitive and responsive performances of Brahms’s Violin Sonatas
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ReviewCalidore Quartet: Resilience
Superb young quartet presents a timely and thought-provoking programme
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ReviewIsabelle Faust and friends: Debussy
Subtly ravishing music-making in Debussy’s late chamber works
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ReviewKim Kashkashian: Bach cello suites on viola
Playing of subtle light and shade that will bring a smile to your face
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ReviewFrank Peter Zimmermann: Lindberg
An insightful performance of Lindberg’s Second Violin Concerto
