All Issues old articles – Page 9
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Mikhail Pochekin, Ivan Pochekin: Mozart
Refreshing and spontaneous approach by brothers on the same wavelength
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Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov: Mozart
Musicians having the time of their lives in insightful interpretations
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Minguet Quartet: Mendelssohn
Composer’s youthful works receive precise and unmannered performances
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Nina Karmon, Floris Mijnders: Labor
Labor shakes off the Brahmsian dust in late Romantic rarities
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Doric Quartet: Mozart ‘Prussian’ Quartets
Shaped, free approach makes a happy journey through Prussian territory
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Barnabás Kelemen, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich: Kodály, Dvořák
Spectacularly expressive performances of composers’ dazzling sound worlds
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Peter Sheppard Skærved: Hallgrímsson
Seriously playful collection of musical sketches by Icelandic composer
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Ehnes Quartet: Beethoven
Beautifully balanced performances that wear the music’s intensity lightly
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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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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: American Quintets
Outstanding collection of lesser-known chamber works from talented ensemble
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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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Mandelring Quartet: Ravel, La Tombelle
An exploration of the Germanic roots of the French string quartet
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Gabriele Pieranunzi: Paganini
Chamber music displays another side to the virtuoso violinist–composer