All Magazine articles
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ReviewBook review: The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World
Pauline Harding reads a picture book by James Howe and Jack Wong all about the renowned cellist’s life and career
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ReviewBook review: Dynamite Strings
Alex Laing reads Georgina Leach’s books for beginner violinists, violists and cellists
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ReviewBook review: Hungarian ‘Gypsy-Band’ Music in Vienna, 1850–1914: The Csárdás Craze
Robin Stowell reads Jon Banks’s history of the rise of Romani music in 19th-century Vienna
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ReviewSchumann Quartet: Fauré, Martin, Ullmann
A fraternal quartet once again shows its versatility
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ReviewBelcea Quartet: Debussy, Szymanowski
Plenty of subtlety from a revered group in a refreshed line-up
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ReviewManon Galy, Léa Hennino, Héloïse Luzzati: Une Quête d’Infini
Another persuasive rediscovery from an imaginative label
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ReviewIrvine Arditti, Gianluca Pirisi: Fremde Szenen
Blistering conviction marks out this Rihm tribute
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ReviewRichard Tognetti: Beethoven, Brahms
A great partnership is celebrated in two captivating live recordings
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Lena Neudauer: Beethoven
Understated mastery makes for a compelling listen
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Antoine Tamestit: Feldman
Focus and humanity combine in a Feldman classic
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Pavel Haas Quartet: Martinů
Another benchmark reading from this stellar Czech group
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ReviewConcert review: Johan Dalene (violin) Danish Philharmonic Orchestra Sønderborg/Andris Poga
Andrew Mellor visits the Alsion Concert Hall in Sønderborg, Sweden, on 11 September 2025 for the performance of Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Ysaÿe
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ReviewConcert review: Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Ensemble Resonanz
Carlos Maria Solare attends the performance of Enescu, Bartók and Lili Boulanger at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, on 12 September 2025
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ReviewConcert review: Jack Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the performance of Rand Steiger’s ‘Introspective Trilogy’ at New York’s Mary Flagler Cary Hall on 12 August 2025
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ReviewConcert review: Miranda Cuckson (violin)
Bruce Hodges visits the Mary Flagler Cary Hall in New York, NY, US, for the performance of Robert Rowe, Lidia Zielinska, Steiger, Diego Tedesco and Kaija Saariaho on 11 August 2025
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ReviewFestival round-up: BBC Proms 2025
Peter Quantrill finds a mix of new commissions and old favourites at the Royal Albert Hall this season
