Peter Quantrill
Peter Quantrill is a regular contributor to The Strad.
ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Maxim Rysanov, Guy Johnston: Tabakova
Masterly premiere recordings make the case for an individual voice
ReviewRound-up: String soloists at the 2023 BBC Proms
Peter Quantrill finds a wealth of riches in this year’s Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall
ReviewThe Strad Recommends: John Holloway Ensemble: Purcell
An imaginative rethinking of music for viol consort
ReviewCellist Amalie Stalheim: Debussy, Poulenc, Stravinsky
Performances of great immediacy, captured by a first-rate recording
ReviewMarina Martins: Santoro
A young cellist shines more brightly than the music in her concerto debut
ReviewLutosławski Quartet: Kurpiński, Moniuszko, Noskowski
Fine playing but a variable offering of Polish Romantics
ReviewDudok Quartet Amsterdam: What Remains
A concept album with plenty of assurance but lacking a clear personality
ReviewConcert review: Kristina Blaumane (cello) Richard Waters (viola) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski
Peter Quantrill attends a performance of Mozart and Strauss at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 22 April 2023
ReviewÉbène Quartet, Antoine Tamestit: Mozart
Music-making of exquisite detail creates a powerful emotional impact
ReviewConcert review: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Joonas Ahonen (piano)
Peter Quantrill visits London’s Milton Court Concert Hall on 17 February 2023 for a performance of Schoenberg, Webern and Beethoven
ReviewRuth Killius, Thomas Zehetmair: Casken, Bartók, Beethoven
Intensity aplenty from a husband-and-wife team
ReviewConcert review: Jennifer Pike (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Clemens Schuldt
Peter Quantrill hears the performance of Vaughan Williams, Strauss and Deborah Pritchard at London’s Barbican Hall on 9 December 2022
ReviewClarissa Bevilacqua: Augusta Read Thomas
Variety aplenty in this snapshot of a distinguished American composer