Recording Reviews – Page 28
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ReviewAnna Kreetta Gribajcevic, Fine Arts Quartet: Spirit of Bohemia
Intimate, chamber-style performances capture the music’s gentle charm
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ReviewIsabelle Faust: Eötvös, Stravinsky
Hungarian composer’s mesmerising musical tribute to Spanish architecture
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ReviewManchester Collective: The Centre Is Everywhere
Sonic magic and immaculate playing combine in an unmissable recording
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ReviewRenaud Capuçon, Tabea Zimmermann: Jarrell
Two concertos for star soloists couldn’t have more committed performances
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ReviewLeft Coast Chamber Ensemble: Messiaen, Rohde
There’s a wartime vibe in this well-coordinated Quatuor
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ReviewGli Incogniti: Beyond the Limits
Bach Jr’s inventive string symphonies sparkle in these performers’ hands
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ReviewLinus Roth: Virtuoso Dances
An upbeat collection of dances for violin and piano to raise the spirits
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ReviewJanusz Wawrowski: Różycki, Tchaikovsky
Rare Polish Romantic concerto performed with a Hollywood smile
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: The Great Violins, Vol. 4: Girolamo Amati, 1629
Another enterprising pairing of a 17th-century violin and composer yields some gems
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ReviewJohan Dalene: Nordic Rhapsody
Twenty-year-old artist’s second album looks north for inspiration
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ReviewCatalyst Quartet: Coleridge-Taylor
Beguiling accounts of striking early works by black British Victorian composer
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ReviewRenaud Capuçon: Elgar
Gallic elegance brings a fresh perspective to these introspective works
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ReviewSteven Isserlis: Music from Proust’s Salons
Isserlis and Shih’s Proustian programme is full of spontaneity and lyrical delight
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ReviewLondon Haydn Quartet: Haydn
Supple yet gentle approach to Haydn’s op.76 makes for a winning formula
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ReviewGuido Schiefen: Brahms
Entertaining and virtuosic cello-and-piano arrangements of Brahms dances
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ReviewGil Shaham: Brahms, Beethoven
New interpretations bring a youthful sense of discovery 20 years on