All Reviews articles – Page 100
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ReviewHee-Young Lim: French Cello Concertos
Unforced lyricism defines this recital of music by French composers
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ReviewLeila Josefowicz: Zimmermann
A magnificent performance of dramatic music by a 20th-century German composer
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ReviewBach Players: Jacquet de la Guerre
A persuasive case for the chamber music of a composer from the era of Louis XIV
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ReviewJennifer Pike: The Polish Violin
A deeply felt and personal exploration of music by Szymanowski, Moszkowski, Karłowicz and Wieniawski
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ReviewRaphael Wallfisch, John York: Brahms Cello Sonatas
A duo of nearly four decades’ standing celebrates with Brahms
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ReviewMatthew Lipman; Henry Kramer: Bowen, Schumann, Knox, Shostakovich and Waxman
An impressive, lovingly presented recital of viola music
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ReviewAlina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien: Vierne, Franck, Ysaÿe
Delicacy and ferocity in a marvellous collection of contrasts
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ReviewBlues Dialogues: Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
Concentrating on pieces influenced by the blues, this CD is part of a long-running project to research music written by black composers.
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ReviewTasmin Little; John Lenehan: Clara Schumann, Ethel Smyth, Amy Beach
Little is a thoroughly persuasive advocate for these seldom-aired works by women composers
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ReviewNikolaj Znaider: Mozart
There’s an almost confessional quality to these live recordings of Mozart’s Violin Concertos
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ReviewSo Many Stars: Sonatinas for Violin and Piano by Berkeley, Françaix, Frances-Hoad, Sibelius, Crosse and Alwyn
Fenella Humphreys employs her customary imaginative flair and luminous palette of tone colours
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ReviewWihan Quartet: Smetana, Dvořák and Janáček quartets
Authentic, plain speaking performances of the Czech masters
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ReviewTwo recent Sonata and Partita sets
They approach Bach’s music from opposite sides of the historical divide, and the results make for a fascinating exercise in comparison
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ReviewSteven Isserlis; Olli Mustonen: Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Kabalevsky
An unmissable take on three Russian masters
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ReviewChloë Hanslip; Danny Driver: Beethoven
A conclusion to a Beethoven violin sonata cycle that strikingly points up the composer’s musical journey
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ReviewElicia Silverstein: The Dreams & Fables I Fashion
A thoughtful performance that finds the resonances between the Italian avant-garde and the Baroque
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ReviewConsone Quartet: Mendelssohn; Haydn
The prize-winning quartet gets under the skin of Mendelssohn and Haydn
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