Recording reviews – Page 69
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ReviewBook review: The Complete Special Edition of Bach’s Fugues for Solo Violin: Vol.1
Robin Stowell reviews the first two volumes in Biobach Music’s details edition of Bach’s fugues
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ReviewHiyoli Togawa: Songs of Solitude
Intriguing commissions on a contemplation of lockdown solitude
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ReviewJames Ehnes: Ysaÿe
Compelling narrative, technical genius, wit – what more could one ask for?
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ReviewOyster Duo: Stolen Pearls
Bass and piano duo breaks the mould and excels in borrowed repertoire
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ReviewEnsemble Diderot: Sonatas for Three Violins
The Strad Issue: July 2021 Description: Radiant acoustics and pungent 17th-century harmony with an ad-libbed feel Musicians: Ensemble Diderot/Johannes Pramsohler (violin) Works: Music by Baltzar, Buonamente, Dornel, Fontana, Fux, G. Gabrieli, Hacquart, Pachelbel, Torelli, Purcell, Schmelzer and Sommer Catalogue number: AUDAX ADX13729 For this eighth release in ...
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ReviewGabriele Pieranunzi: Paganini
Chamber music displays another side to the virtuoso violinist–composer
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ReviewMandelring Quartet: Ravel, La Tombelle
An exploration of the Germanic roots of the French string quartet
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ReviewFenella Humphreys: Sibelius, Josephson
A concerto with strength of spirit plus a heavenly journey postscript
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ReviewThéotime Langlois de Swarte: Proust, Le Concert Retrouvé
An exquisite musical madeleine to be enjoyed again and again
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ReviewElan Quintet: Onslow
Attractive and lyrical playing in latest volume of late Classical quintets
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ReviewAlina Ibragimova: Paganini
Lockdown recording yields atmospheric communing between player and violin
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ReviewAris Quartet: Beethoven, Resch
An intense, tightly wound ‘Rasumovsky’ plus expressive contemporary response
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ReviewMarie Stockmarr Becker: Bach
Expressive, sweet-toned playing especially in the slow movements
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ReviewJuilliard Quartet: Beethoven, Bartók, Dvořák
Classic quartet programme to celebrate the birthday of a refined ensemble
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ReviewBook review: The King of Violins: The Extraordinary Life of Ma Sicong, China’s Greatest Violin Virtuoso
Tully Potter reviews a biography of a renowned violinist who fell foul of Maoist China
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ReviewBook review: My Violin Needs Help!: A repair diagnostics guide for players and teachers
Celia Cobb reviews a manual that explains the basics of violin maintenance to the layperson
