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NIELSEN; SIBELIUS Violin Concertos

‘These are not good times for the [Sibelius] Violin Concerto,’ says conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste on a video at the probing...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW2015

MAXWELL DAVIES Symphony No 10

Both these 10th symphonies acknowledge the time honoured four movement prototype, yet they could hardly be more different from each...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: AW2015

LISZT Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2. Malédiction

The competition in the two concertos is fierce indeed, but not when they appear either side of the much less...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2015

KALLIWODA Violin Concertinos & Overtures

Kalliwoda makes infrequent appearances on disc. I cannot find any mention in the Gramophone archives of these three overtures and...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2015

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV Symphony No 1

Beggars can’t be choosers, and if you really must hear every Russian symphony you possibly can (yes, I’m in that...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: AW2015

HAYDN Symphonies Nos 31, 70 and 101

Top marks to Robin Ticciati for venturing further afield than London for his first Haydn symphony recording. Top marks, too,...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW2015

A Festival of Fučík

Fučík. Like his best-known work, his very name provokes a smile. But who, on hearing his one big hit, could...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2015

FASCH Overture Symphonies

Like his more famous contemporary Telemann, Johann Friedrich Fasch was always alert to the latest musical trends. When the Italian...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2015

VASKS Symphony No 2

All three composers featured on this luxuriously presented release hail from the Latvian region of Kurland (also known as Courland),...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: AW2015

DVOŘÁK; LALO Cello Concertos

At first hearing, this disc suggested admirable directness and some very lyrical phrasing. With rhythmically taut and well-drilled orchestral support...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW2015

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