Recording reviews
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ReviewGabriel Schwabe: Tchaikovsky
A fine cellist presents Tchaikovsky’s original thoughts to striking effect
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ReviewLondon Chamber Ensemble: Charles Wood
A centenary celebration puts a masterly composer back in the spotlight
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ReviewSeth Parker Woods: From Ordinary Things
A highly personal programme reveals a gem of a sonata
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Jean-Guihen Queyras: Bloch, Lutosławski:
A fresh, illuminating take on a work written for Rostropovich
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Isidore Quartet: Adorations
A scintillating debut album from a Banff winner
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Pekka Kuusisto: Willows
A violinist turns personal loss into an album of solace
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ReviewConcert review: Owls
Bruce Hodges hears the quartet’s performance of at Philadelphia’s American Philosophical Society on 11 March 2026
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ReviewConcert review: Rosalind Ventris (viola)
Hattie Butterworth visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 8 March 2026 for the performance of Lillian Fuchs, Thea Musgrave, Sally Beamish, Elizabeth Maconchy, Amanda Feery and Imogen Holst
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ReviewConcert review: Elias Quartet
Hattie Butterworth hears an all-Beethoven recital at London’s Wigmore Hall on 10 March 2026
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ReviewConcert review: Maxim Vengerov (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/Mark Wigglesworth
Janet Banks visits London’s Royal Festival Hall on 22 March 2026 for the performance of Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, Bacewicz and Walton
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ReviewConcert reviews: Takács Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the group’s performance at Philadelphia’s Perelman Theater on 1 March 2026, while Leah Hollingsworth reports on its recital at Zankel Hall in New York’s Carnegie Hall three days later on 4 March 2026
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ReviewConcert review: East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Anthony McGill (clarinet) Tai Murray (violin) Nathan Farrington (double bass) Sivan Magen (harp) Shai Wosner (piano)
Bruce Hodges watches the performance of Errollyn Wallen, Philip Maneval, Dvořák and Copland at the Perelman Theater in Philadelphia, PA, US, on 31 March 2026
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ReviewConcert review: Alexi Kenney (violin) Janice Carissa (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth travels to 92Y Buttenwieser Hall, NY, US, on 25 March 2026 for the performance of figgis-vizueta, Piazzolla, Sibelius, Wiancko, Schnittke and Britten
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ReviewConcert review: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Dmytro Choni (piano)
Edward Bhesania visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 22 March 2026 for the performance of Webern, Schoenberg, Schubert and Brahms
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ReviewTabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras: Brahms, Joachim, C. Schumann, R. Schumann
Plenty of mellow beauty in a thoughtful programme
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