Recording reviews – Page 103
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ReviewRaphael Wallfisch: Goldschmidt and Reizenstein
An eloquent reading of concertos by exiled Jewish composers
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ReviewJean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud: Brahms Cello Sonatas
Brahms takes flight in these light-as-air interpretations
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ReviewPaganini Sonatas for violin and guitar: Fabio Biondi, Giangiacomo Pinardi
Four strings meet six strings in enchanting, melodic music
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ReviewTrio Goya: Beethoven Piano Trios
An emotionally uncluttered, enchanting reading of Beethoven’s three piano trios
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ReviewStradivari ‘Maréchal Berthier’ 1716
Musical programme showcases the character and soul of a great violin
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ReviewYo-Yo Ma: Six Evolutions – the Bach Cello Suites
Consistently absorbing readings from this most questing of musicians
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ReviewIsabelle Faust and friends: Schubert
A magnificent performance of Schubert’s Octet and Five Minuets with Six Trios
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ReviewDoric Quartet: Mendelssohn String Quartets vol.1
Structured readings that also capture the intense emotions of the music
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: violin and viola works by Hans Werner Henze
Piquant and lyrical playing of some 20th-century violin and viola works
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ReviewBenjamin Schmid: Bartók Violin Concertos
A spirited take on Bartók violin concertos, but one that sacrifices precision for indulgence
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ReviewSmith Quartet: Nyman String Quartets nos.4 & 5
Energetic accounts of music by a modern minimalist
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ReviewSchumann & Fauré Piano Quintets: James Ehnes, Mira Wang, Naoko Shimizu, Jan Vogler, Louis Lortie
A crack team of soloists play together like old friends
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ReviewJoshua Bell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields: Bruch
Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto no.1 in one of Bell’s most captivatingly inspired releases
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ReviewAlexandra Conunova; Michail Lifits: Prokofiev
One of the most enjoyable discs of the two Prokofiev violin sonatas to have appeared in some time
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ReviewDaniel Lozakovich: Bach
Swedish prodigy Daniel Lozakovich draws mellifluous sonorities from his 1713 ‘Baron Rothschild’ Stradivari in this debut disc of Bach
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ReviewDvořák Piano Quintets & Bagatelles: Busch Trio, Maria Milstein, Miguel da Silva
Spirit and charm of these works is captured with jewel-like precision
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ReviewRoyal Quartet: MacMillan
Assured accounts of James MacMillan’s three numbered string quartets
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ReviewSusanna Ogata; Ian Watson: Beethoven sonatas
Tasteful and tasty final instalment of this early Beethoven series
