Recording Reviews – Page 50
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ReviewWhat Is the Word. Maya Homburger, Barry Guy: Dwyer
Strange and extravagant sounds from a contemporary Irish composer
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ReviewJames Ehnes: Beethoven
James Ehnes: Beethoven The Strad Issue: July 2020 Description: Ehnes and Amstrong score a hat-trick with Beethoven sonatas Musicians: James Ehnes (violin) Andrew Armstrong (piano) Works: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas nos.4, 5 and 8; Rondo; Six German Dances Catalogue Number: ONYX 4208 This third instalment in James Ehnes’s ...
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ReviewNash Ensemble: Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn
Delightful playing showcases trios by Ms Mendelssohn and Mrs Schumann
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ReviewAquarelles. Noga Quartet: Hahn, Debussy
Hahn’s rarely heard Second Quartet finds eloquent new champions
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ReviewTetzlaff Quartet: Beethoven
Dynamic and vivid readings of Beethoven quartets prove irresistible
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: The Great Violins, Vol. 3: Antonio Stradivari 1685
Beautiful playing in a fascinating exploration of a 17th-century manuscript
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ReviewBrooklyn Rider: Healing Modes
Brooklyn Rider: Healing Modes The Strad Issue: June 2020 Description: An album for our times from this boundary-breaking quartet Musicians: Brooklyn Rider Works: Music by Beethoven, Roberts, Esmail, Frank, Du Yun and Shaw Catalogue Number: IN A CIRCLE RECORDS ICR014 (2 CDS) New York-based quartet Brooklyn Rider’s ...
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ReviewBrinton Averil Smith: Exiles in Paradise
Music by European composers who became Los Angeles neighbours
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ReviewClare Howick: British Violin Sonatas
Gems from British composers captured by an outstanding violin and piano duo
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ReviewPierre Fouchenneret, Shuichi Okada: Merlin, Schubert
A Schubert-inspired octet plus a delightful performance of the original
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ReviewIbrahim Aziz: Handel, Sainte-Colombe Le Fils
Commendable collection of works for viola da gamba by Handel – or are they?
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ReviewPhantasm: Bach – The Well-Tempered Consort
Keyboard works joyfully and successfully adapted to viol consort
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ReviewFitzwilliam Quartet: Schubert
Much to discover in searching versions of two great late-Classical quartets
