Reviews – Page 68
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ReviewBarnabás Kelemen, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich: Kodály, Dvořák
Spectacularly expressive performances of composers’ dazzling sound worlds
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ReviewNina Karmon, Floris Mijnders: Labor
Labor shakes off the Brahmsian dust in late Romantic rarities
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ReviewMinguet Quartet: Mendelssohn
Composer’s youthful works receive precise and unmannered performances
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ReviewDoric Quartet: Mozart ‘Prussian’ Quartets
Shaped, free approach makes a happy journey through Prussian territory
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: Hallgrímsson
Seriously playful collection of musical sketches by Icelandic composer
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ReviewKaleidoscope Chamber Collective: American Quintets
Outstanding collection of lesser-known chamber works from talented ensemble
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ReviewYo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax: Hope Amid Tears
A sense of quiet magnificence radiates from two master musicians
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ReviewEhnes Quartet: Beethoven
Beautifully balanced performances that wear the music’s intensity lightly
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ReviewBook 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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ReviewHiyoli Togawa: Songs of Solitude
Intriguing commissions on a contemplation of lockdown solitude
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ReviewJames Ehnes: Ysaÿe
Compelling narrative, technical genius, wit – what more could one ask for?
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ReviewOyster Duo: Stolen Pearls
Bass and piano duo breaks the mould and excels in borrowed repertoire
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ReviewEnsemble 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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ReviewGabriele Pieranunzi: Paganini
Chamber music displays another side to the virtuoso violinist–composer
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ReviewMandelring Quartet: Ravel, La Tombelle
An exploration of the Germanic roots of the French string quartet
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