All articles by Peter Quantrill – Page 2
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ReviewConcert review: Vilde Frang (Violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo
Peter Quantrill attends the performance of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto at London’s Barbican Hall on 20 January 2024
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Michael Barenboim: Mendelssohn
Empathetic arrangements and warm musicianship make this a must-hear
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ReviewArchos Quartet, Friedrich Thiele: D’Ambrosio
Telling performances show a Neapolitan virtuoso in a new light
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Frank Peter Zimmermann: Bartók, Martinů, Stravinsky
Potent characterisation sets this album apart from the competition
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ReviewConcert review: Phantasm
Peter Quantrill gives his thoughts on the concert of Byrd and Bach at London’s Wigmore Hall on 11 October 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Gabriel Croitoru (violin) Horia Mihail (piano)
Peter Quantrill travels to London’s Romanian Cultural Institute for the performance of Tartini, Kreisler, Enescu, Dvořák, Elgar, Moszkowski and Dediu on 5 October 2023
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Chiaroscuro Quartet: Beethoven
Revelatory middle- and late-period Beethoven from the Chiaroscuro
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Maxim Rysanov, Guy Johnston: Tabakova
Masterly premiere recordings make the case for an individual voice
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ReviewRound-up: String soloists at the 2023 BBC Proms
Peter Quantrill finds a wealth of riches in this year’s Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: John Holloway Ensemble: Purcell
An imaginative rethinking of music for viol consort
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ReviewCellist Amalie Stalheim: Debussy, Poulenc, Stravinsky
Performances of great immediacy, captured by a first-rate recording
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ReviewMarina Martins: Santoro
A young cellist shines more brightly than the music in her concerto debut
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ReviewLutosławski Quartet: Kurpiński, Moniuszko, Noskowski
Fine playing but a variable offering of Polish Romantics
