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New Sheet Music—A Beethoven Rarity: Three Piano Quartets, Written at Age 15, are the Only Pieces He Wrote in this Genre

When Beethoven, aged barely 15, composed these three piano quartets, the genre was rare and not yet part of an established chamber-music tradition.

Review: ‘Now More Than Ever,’ Katie McNally Trio

On “Now More Than Ever,” the Katie McNally Trio tackles a mix of traditional and self-penned strathspeys, reels, and fiddle tunes.

Review: ‘Mythologies,’ Anna Clyne (Jennifer Koh, violin; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, cond.)

Anna Clyne's "Mythologies" kicks off with the symphonic sweep of Masquerade, a sprawling orchestral fantasia commissioned in 2013 by the BBC to open the “Last Night” of the Proms.

Review: ‘Works for Solo Cello,’ Per Nørgård and Poul Ruders (Wilhelmina Smith, cello)

Wilhelmina Smith’s recital of virtually unrecorded solo cello music by veteran Danish composers Per Nørgård (b. 1932) and Poul Ruders (b. 1949) could go into any 21st-century cellist’s performance repertoire.

Review: ‘Metamorphosen,’ Strauss Chamber Works (Oculi Ensemble)

By Miranda Wilson | From the March-April 2021 issue of Strings magazineMetamorphosen is the debut recording of the Oculi Ensemble, a group of mostly Britis... Read More...

Review: ‘Live at Kohl Mansion,’ Violins of Hope (Daniel Hope, violin)

By Greg Cahill | From the March-April 2021 issue of Strings magazineFather-and-son Israeli luthiers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein founded the Violins of Hop... Read More...

Review: Signum Quartett Suggests New Ways of Playing Schubert on ‘Ins stille Land’

By Laurence Vittes | From the March-April 2021 issue of Strings magazineThe deeply personal nature of Schubert’s enormous output of songs provides a compel... Read More...

A Tale of Grief: Silkroad Ensemble Delivers a Heartbreaking Performance of Golijov’s ‘Falling Out of Time’

By Miranda Wilson | From the March-April 2021 issue of Strings magazineFalling Out of Time, Osvaldo Golijov’s long-awaited return to composition after more... Read More...

New Sheet Music: Six Variations with Coda on a Theme of Beethoven

By Mary Nemet | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazineSix Variations with Coda on a Theme of Beethoven | By Böhm, Clement, Hellmesber... Read More...

New Sheet Music: Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances for Viola & Piano

By Mary Nemet | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazineBéla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances for viola & piano | Arranged by Kim Kashkashi... Read More...