All articles by Robin Stowell – Page 4
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ReviewBojan Čičić: Pyrotechnia: Fire & Fury from 18th-Century Italy
Deliciously flamboyant and fiery Baroque violin concertos
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ReviewAttacca Quartet: Of All Joys
There’s joy to be found in this collection of sombre and thoughtful works
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ReviewLe Consort: Specchio Veneziano
Vivaldi is reflected back through his contemporaries’ music in stylish album
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ReviewDudok Quartet Amsterdam: Brahms
Brahms on gut strings presents a more supple, slimline side to the composer
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ReviewYury Revich, Libor Ježek: Saint-Georges
Engaging music in performances that don’t quite take flight
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ReviewBook and sheet music review: Beethoven String Quartet op.131
Robin Stowell reviews both a new Bärenreiter urtext edition of the work, and a book-length commentary on the piece by Nancy November
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ReviewRosanne Philippens: Haydn, Stravinsky
Innately musical playing of Haydn concertos peppered with Stravinsky
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ReviewIlya Gringolts: Ciaccona
Striking collection of solo chaconnes demands the listener’s full attention
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ReviewFrancisco Fullana: Bach’s Long Shadow
Imaginative and sometimes wild take on Bach and his solo violin legacy
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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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ReviewElan Quintet: Onslow
Attractive and lyrical playing in latest volume of late Classical quintets
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ReviewMarie Stockmarr Becker: Bach
Expressive, sweet-toned playing especially in the slow movements
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ReviewSteven Isserlis: Music from Proust’s Salons
Isserlis and Shih’s Proustian programme is full of spontaneity and lyrical delight
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ReviewIlya Gringolts: Locatelli
Gringolts and co have no problem finding their way around this maze of inventive music
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ReviewIsabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras: Beethoven
A collection of superb Beethoven performances, all in one place
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ReviewBook review: Romantic Violin Performing Practices: A Handbook
Robin Stowell reviews David Milsom’s latest volume of historical research