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MOSS D'un silence... Clarinet Concerto

Chances are that Piotr Moss is the most notable living French composer born in Poland. Now in his mid-sixties, he...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 04/2015

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 2

Putting this CD on ‘blind’, and not expecting a CD fill-up to this of all symphonies, the gently sustained opening...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2015

HAYDN Symphonies Nos 57, 67 & 68

Nicholas McGegan and his San Francisco-based forces delve into a trio of symphonies that have been largely neglected outside of...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2015

HAYDN Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 11. Piano Sonatas

Anne-Marie McDermott relishes Haydn’s fingery writing in this selection of sonatas and concertos, vividly inflecting phrases and taking an imaginative...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2015

GEMINIANI La Follia HANDEL Armida abbandonata

There is no direct evidence that Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) studied with Corelli in Rome. We can safely say he was...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 04/2015

FUJIKURA Time Unlocked. Vanishing Point

Dai Fujikura (b1977) is a prolific composer with an already impressive discography, his work having been performed by ensembles throughout...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2015

Alexander Krichel plays Chopin, Hummel & Mozart

Four works for piano and orchestra by Chopin, Mozart and Hummel on a single disc. Different. Intriguing. Sony signed Alexander...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2015

CHOPIN Piano Concerto No 2

Nelson Freire partners Chopin’s Second Concerto (his early recording of the First has already appeared – 11/14) with a solo...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 04/2015

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Concerto Italiano. Violin Concerto No 2

Tully Potter’s booklet-notes accurately set the scene as far as the composition of non-operatic music in 19th-century Italy was concerned....

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 04/2015

BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad STEPHAN Music for 7 Instruments

This recording marks the centenary of the untimely death of Rudi Stephan, a composer of remarkable talent who was killed...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 04/2015

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