Recording Reviews – Page 30
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ReviewLena Neudauer: Rosetti
Graceful performances of concertos from a Czech contemporary of Mozart
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ReviewRenaud Capuçon, Edgar Moreau: Saint-Saëns
Three Frenchmen play music by their countryman with charm and brilliance
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ReviewAndrzej Bauer: Schumann, Lutosławski, Tchaikovsky
Cellist provides an original and spirited voice in three impressive performances
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ReviewZEN Trio: Burning through the Cold
Young trio unearths a musical nugget of gold with Armenian rarity
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ReviewGidon Kremer, Madara Pētersone: Weinberg
Expert interpreter captures all the music’s complex, shadowy atmosphere
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ReviewIlya Gringolts: Locatelli
Gringolts and co have no problem finding their way around this maze of inventive music
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ReviewAisslinn Nosky, Max Mandel: Mozart
Nimble and airy live performances of chamber-music scale are a joy to hear
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ReviewWilhelmina Smith: Nørgård, Ruders
Technically testing contemporary Nordic cello music played with poetic conviction
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ReviewSinfonia of London: English Music for Strings
File under B, but it’s an A-plus for this superb collection of British music
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ReviewChiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn
Superbly fresh textures highlight the exhilarating invention of this music
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ReviewDaniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori: Violins of Hope
Daniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori: Violins of Hope The Strad Issue: April 2021 Description: Intense musical drama, expressiveness – and hope – from a harrowing Holocaust history Musicians: Daniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori (violins) Patricia Heller (viola) Emil Miland (cello) Sasha ...
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ReviewNew Zealand Quartet: Janáček
A trip around the world for temperate performances of Czech quartets
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ReviewIsabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras: Beethoven
A collection of superb Beethoven performances, all in one place
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ReviewFrancesca Dego: Il Cannone
A dazzling and delightful recital played on Paganini’s own priceless ‘del Gesù’
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ReviewYo-Yo Ma: Songs of Comfort and Hope
Gorgeously played album of serene favourites from a masterful duo
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ReviewLysander Piano Trio: Mirrors: 21st-Century American Piano Trios
Musical adventures from a New York piano trio that yield evocative moments
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ReviewArcadia Quartet: Weinberg
Eloquent album that ought to shift this neglected music into the mainstream
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ReviewMatthew Jones, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Tim Lowe: Walton
Unmissable album of confident works from the composer’s youth