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Review of LINKOLA Piano Concerto No 1 MATVEJEFF Cello Concerto. Ad Astra

LINKOLA Piano Concerto No 1 MATVEJEFF Cello Concerto. Ad Astra

Where many composers are wary of revealing the detailed programmes behind their works, Jukka Linkola (b1955) must be unique in...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2014

Review of KLETZKI Violin Concerto SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No 2

KLETZKI Violin Concerto SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No 2

Paul Kletzki enjoyed a burgeoning career as a composer and conductor in 1920s Berlin. His 1928 Violin Concerto was widely...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 06/2014

Review of HOSOKAWA Horn Concerto. Piano Concerto. Chant

HOSOKAWA Horn Concerto. Piano Concerto. Chant

A long sustained note, passing imperceptibly to the horn around 1'20", and surrounded by distant percussion, puts us firmly in...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 06/2014

Review of HARTMANN Symphonies Nos 1-8

HARTMANN Symphonies Nos 1-8

Why a cycle of Karl Amadeus Hartmann symphonies led by six different conductors? Challenge Classics reveals surprisingly little about the...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 06/2014

Review of GLIÈRE Symphony No 3

GLIÈRE Symphony No 3

There have now been something near 20 recordings of Ilya Muromets, a symphony once popular largely through Stokowski’s championship of...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 06/2014

Review of GÁL Symphony No 1 SCHUMANN Symphony No 1

GÁL Symphony No 1 SCHUMANN Symphony No 1

Time was there were no Gál symphonies in the catalogue (indeed, precious little of his music at all), yet with...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2014

Review of DVOŘÁK Symphony No 8. String Quartet No 12

DVOŘÁK Symphony No 8. String Quartet No 12

In the case of the Eighth Symphony, initial impressions are wholly favourable and for the most part firmly substantiated by...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2014

Review of DVOŘÁK; SCHUMANN Cello Concertos

DVOŘÁK; SCHUMANN Cello Concertos

Pablo Ferrández launches his performance of the Schumann Cello Concerto with an unusual degree of diffidence and introspection. On first...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2014

Review of DUSAPIN Reverso. Uncut. Morning in Long Island

DUSAPIN Reverso. Uncut. Morning in Long Island

Although he has been well served on disc, this is the first release on a ‘major’ label devoted to Pascal...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2014

Review of CAUSTON Millennium Scenes. Chamber Symphony

CAUSTON Millennium Scenes. Chamber Symphony

Although Richard Causton provides extensive and interesting programme notes to enhance one’s appreciation and understanding of the orchestral and chamber...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2014

 

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