All articles by Robin Stowell
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Jacopo Ristori, Viola de Hoog et al: In Copisteria del Conte
Lightweight fare is elevated by musical panache
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The Strad Recommends: Rachel Barton Pine: Corelli
A chameleonic violinist inspires in the Italian Baroque
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The Strad Recommends: Doric Quartet: Beethoven
A second volume confirms that this is a Beethoven cycle of the first quality
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Book review: Luigi Boccherini: Musica Amorosa
Robin Stowell reviews Babette Kaiserkern’s treatise on the Baroque composer’s life and works, translated into English for the first time
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Lucile Boulanger: La Messagère
Old and new make for compelling disc-mates on an enterprising album
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Bennewitz Quartet: An Evening in Vienna 1784
A mythical Viennese meeting inspires a fascinating programme
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Črtomir Šiškovič: Pupils of Tartini Vol.3
A passion project continues, but with questionable historical fidelity
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Book review: String Virtuosi in Eighteenth-Century Naples: Culture, Power, and Music Institutions
Robin Stowell appraises Guido Olivieri’s monograph on the great players of the mid-Italian city during the Enlightenment era
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Johan Dalene, Eivind Ringstad: Mozart
A Sinfonia concertante is a high point in this celebration of youthful talent
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Trio 1790: Kozeluch Piano Trios Vol.4
Performances that tickle the ear, even if the content is slight
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Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque: The Muses Restor’d
A thought-provoking programme from a period-instrument Pied Piper
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Karl Stobbe: Bach, Paganini, Ysaÿe
An artist compels in the Romantics but falls short in Bach
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Simone Lamsma, Candida Thompson: Pärt über Bach
A meeting of minds across the centuries in this imaginatively conceived album
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Luka Faulisi: Vivaldi, Boulanger (arr.Spindler), Tchaikovsky, Trad
Vivaldi’s Seasons in a new setting proves a mixed bag