All Reviews articles – Page 2
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ReviewFestival round-up: BBC Proms 2025
Peter Quantrill finds a mix of new commissions and old favourites at the Royal Albert Hall this season
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BlogsConcert review: Tafelmusik with Rachel Podger (violin)
US correspondent Thomas May hears Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik in a spirited showcase of Baroque brilliance presented by Early Music Seattle on 8 November 2025
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ReviewBook review: John Williams: A Composer’s Life
Brian Hodges reviews Tim Greiving’s monumental biography of America’s foremost film composer
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ReviewBook review: A Cultural History of the Violin in Nineteenth-Century London: From Instrument to Art
Robin Stowell reads Tom Wilder’s socio-economic analysis of the violin’s status as a cultural artefact throughout the Victorian era
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ReviewBook review: The Eyes of Bach
Raphael Klayman reads Marc Moskovitz’s historical novel imagining the great composer’s relationship with cellist Carl Friedrich Barth
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ReviewTrio Lirico: Spanish Piano Quartets
Utterly committed performances bring these Spaniards to life
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ReviewIda Haendel: Brahms, Britten, Elgar, Sibelius
Four concertos celebrate a great violinist in her extended prime
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ReviewRonan Kernoa: Bach: The Cello Suites on Six Different Instruments
An original take on these much-recorded suites pays dividends
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ReviewGli Incogniti: Bach from Italy: The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences
Some beautiful playing is marred by a propensity for speed
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Stefan Tarara, Eun-Sun Hong: Haydn
Plenty to enjoy in this latest instalment of a slowly evolving cycle
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Antje Weithaas: Dvořák
An exceptional violinist shows her versatility to magical effect
