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ReviewDoric Quartet, Timothy Ridout: Mendelssohn
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: April 2022 Description: Teenage mastery in sensational readings from a crack ensemble Musicians: Doric Quartet, Timothy Ridout (viola) Works: Mendelssohn: String Quintets: no.1 in A major, no.2 in B flat major Catalogue number: Chandos CHAN 20218 As a welcome ...
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ReviewJohan Dalene: Nielsen, Sibelius
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: April 2022 Description: Two great Scandinavian violin concertos from a rising star Musicians: Johan Dalene (violin) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds Works: Nielsen: Violin Concerto op.33. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor op.47 Catalogue number: BIS BIS-2620 (HYBRID SACD) ...
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ReviewJennifer Kloetzel: Beethoven the Conquering Hero
Plenty of gruff rhetoric and a fine, warm-toned period piano
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ReviewEdgar Moreau: Transmission
Cellist brings subtle and shimmering beauty to Jewish-inspired programme
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ReviewCecilia Zilliacus: Brahms, Maier, Röntgen
Playing of rhetorical beauty where more persuasion and less force go a long way
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ReviewLaura van der Heijden: Pohádka: Tales from Prague to Budapest
Vivid playing and a rapport between duo partners in a delightful programme
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ReviewKatharina Kang Litton: Kornauth, Fuchs, Trad
Luxuriant sound world in this recital is like a warm embrace
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ReviewEusebius Quartet: Korngold
Wit and charm abound in authentically Viennese-sounding performances
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ReviewFenella Humphreys: Sibelius
Rare outing for small-scale pieces that perhaps hint at Sibelius’s ‘lost’ Eighth
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ReviewBojan Čičić: Pyrotechnia: Fire & Fury from 18th-Century Italy
Deliciously flamboyant and fiery Baroque violin concertos
