CHOPIN Ballades. Nocturnes (Lara Melda)

Lara Melda

The British-Turkish pianist Lara Melda first came to prominence as Lara Melda Ömerog˘lu when she won the BBC Young Musician...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2021

NORDHEIM The Hunting of the Snark. The Return of the Snark

Gaute Vidal

If recording activity is anything to go by, the music of Arne Nordheim (1931-2010) is not suffering the neglect of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW2014

SAWYERS Cello Concerto. Symphony No 2

Kenneth Woods | Louisa Stonehill | Maja Bogdanovic | Nicholas Burns | Orchestra of the Swan

Here are three recent works of strong personality, genuine substance and warm-hearted integrity by a composer entirely new to me....

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2014

TELEMANN; WEBER; BAKSA; BRUCH Viola Concerto

Herbert Kefer | Martin Kerschbaum | Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra

Few contemporary composers are harder to pin down than Andreas Baksa (1950 2016). Too easily confused with the American composer...

Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue:

Scenes from a New Music Séance

Amy X. Neuburg | Charles Amirkhanian | Eva-Maria Zimmermann | Kate Stenberg | Ronald Bruce Smith

While the living are central to the progressive Other Minds festivals in San Francisco, this violin-and-piano spin-off recording features works...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2013

SAARIAHO Clarinet Concerto, D'om le vrai sens

Anu Komsi | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Kari Kriikku | Sakari Oramo

As Kaija Saariaho approaches her 60th birthday, her music continues to extend in range and depth. Susana Välimäki’s moving note...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2011

LINDBERG Piaco Concerto No 2. EXPO. Al largo

Alan Gilbert | New York Philharmonic Orchestra | Yefim Bronfman

Having already begun a major Nielsen project, Dacapo continues its association with the New York Philharmonic in this collection of...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2013

On the Nature of Electricity and Acoustics

Folk reel to tape reel, ‘On the Nature of Electricity & Acoustics’ charts 35 years of Irish electro-acoustic music, from...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 07/2013

POULENC Concerto for Organ. SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony

Arvo Volmer | Auckland Philharmonia | Thomas Trotter

Auckland Town Hall is one of those lucky venues that has a vigorous organ of its own (an Orgelbau Klais...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 08/2012

C BALL Music for Cello

Adderbury Ensemble | Christopher Ball | Emerald Concert Orchestra | Jonathan Burgess | Leslie Craven | Paul Arden-Taylor | Roger Armstrong | Tim Thorpe

Christopher Ball (b1936) studied clarinet at the Royal Northern College of Music and conducting at the Guildhall School of Music...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2012