Reviews – Page 16
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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: American Quintets
Outstanding collection of lesser-known chamber works from talented ensemble
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Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax: Hope Amid Tears
A sense of quiet magnificence radiates from two master musicians
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Ehnes Quartet: Beethoven
Beautifully balanced performances that wear the music’s intensity lightly
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Book review: The Complete Special Edition of Bach’s Fugues for Solo Violin: Vol.1
Robin Stowell reviews the first two volumes in Biobach Music’s details edition of Bach’s fugues
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Hiyoli Togawa: Songs of Solitude
Intriguing commissions on a contemplation of lockdown solitude
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James Ehnes: Ysaÿe
Compelling narrative, technical genius, wit – what more could one ask for?
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Oyster Duo: Stolen Pearls
Bass and piano duo breaks the mould and excels in borrowed repertoire
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Ensemble Diderot: Sonatas for Three Violins
The Strad Issue: July 2021 Description: Radiant acoustics and pungent 17th-century harmony with an ad-libbed feel Musicians: Ensemble Diderot/Johannes Pramsohler (violin) Works: Music by Baltzar, Buonamente, Dornel, Fontana, Fux, G. Gabrieli, Hacquart, Pachelbel, Torelli, Purcell, Schmelzer and Sommer Catalogue number: AUDAX ADX13729 For this eighth release in ...
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Gabriele Pieranunzi: Paganini
Chamber music displays another side to the virtuoso violinist–composer
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Mandelring Quartet: Ravel, La Tombelle
An exploration of the Germanic roots of the French string quartet
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Fenella Humphreys: Sibelius, Josephson
A concerto with strength of spirit plus a heavenly journey postscript
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Théotime Langlois de Swarte: Proust, Le Concert Retrouvé
An exquisite musical madeleine to be enjoyed again and again
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Elan Quintet: Onslow
Attractive and lyrical playing in latest volume of late Classical quintets
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Alina Ibragimova: Paganini
Lockdown recording yields atmospheric communing between player and violin
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Aris Quartet: Beethoven, Resch
An intense, tightly wound ‘Rasumovsky’ plus expressive contemporary response
