Review: Chopin, Rachmaninov: Cello Sonatas (Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov)
Queyras and Melnikov sweep the listener away with romantic élan.
Rebecca Franks is a freelance classical music writer, journalist and editor. One of the classical music critics for The Times in the UK, she previously worked for BBC Music Magazine for over a decade, first as Reviews Editor and then Managing Editor.
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