DOHNÁNYI Piano Works

Daniel Röhm

Daniel Röhm (b1974, Böblingen, Germany) is a new name to me but a pianist who emerges from this recital with...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2016

CZERNOWIN The Crescendo Trilogy

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Berne Symphony Orchestra | Bradley Lubman | Daniel Barenboim | Ensemble Nikel | Evan Christ | François-Xavier Roth | Kai Wessel | Mario Venzago | Philharmonisches Orchester des Staatstheaters Cottbus

Less is more, as the saying goes. It’s a paradox that Chaya Czernowin (b1957) pushes to the hilt here, crafting...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 11/2016

MCCABE Le poisson magique

Tom Winpenny

John McCabe was noted, of course, as a composer-pianist, in the former role notably for piano and orchestral works. But...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2015

STOCKHAUSEN Mantra

Mark Knoop | Newton Armstrong | Roderick Chadwick

I didn’t much care for the version of Stockhausen’s Mantra that Xenia Pestova, Pascal Meyer and Jan Panis issued via...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 05/2015

TISHCHENKO Piano Sonatas Nos 7 & 8

Jean-Claude Gengembre | Nicolas Stavy

At one time touted as the natural successor to Shostakovich – and certainly the main carrier of that torch as...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2015

PURCELL O Sing Unto the Lord

Concert Royal | John Scott | Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys

When the organist and choirmaster John Scott died in 2015, aged just 59, he left the world of church music...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2017

GUNNING Concertos for Guitar, Clarinet & Flute

Catherine Handley | Christopher Gunning | Craig Ogden | Michael Whight | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Anyone who has watched Agatha Christie’s Poirot on television will have heard the striking opening sequence, the work of Christopher...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 03/2013

RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No 1 RAVEL Miroirs. Sonatine

Hannes Minnaar

Given a free choice of concerto, anyone who opts for Saint-Saëns’s Fifth for the finals of a major competition is...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2011

KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets 7 & 8

Ehnes Quartet | James Ehnes | Mark Wigglesworth | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

James Ehnes has released more than 30 discs since 2000, making a major mark in significant swathes of the concerto...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 07/2014

A Tribute To Penderecki

As Poland’s most famous living composer, Penderecki might expect to have been feted on his 80th birthday, as indeed it...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2014