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KAPUSTIN Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 6 (Frank Dupree)

Frank Dupree here continues his cycle of Kapustin concertos with Nos 2 and 6, plus a sprinkling of fillers, nicely...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2024

STRAUSS Don Quixote IBERT Le Chevalier Errant (Szeps-Znaider)

First on this recent Channel Classics release the rare and hugely enjoyable four-movement suite from Jacques Ibert’s ‘choreodrama’ with chorus...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2024

FRANCK Symphony in D minor FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande (Barenboim)

On the surface of it Daniel Barenboim and the César Franck Symphony in D minor seem like natural bedfellows. If...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2024

DVOŘÁK Legends & Rhapsodies (Netopil)

We don’t hear enough of Dvořák’s Slavonic Rhapsodies and I think I know why. Listen to the opening of the...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2024

Americascapes 2: American Opus - Walker, Crumb, Revueltas

My heart sank a bit when I saw George Crumb’s A Haunted Landscape (1984) on this programme. Much as I...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2024

BOWEN; WALTON Viola Concertos (Diyang Mei)

Viola player Diyang Mei is only 30 years old but already principal viola of the Berlin Philharmonic. His first concerto...

Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 12/2024

BOCCHERINI 'Music of the Angels' (Steven Isserlis)

Gregor Piatigorsky thought that Luigi Boccherini must have been the greatest cellist who ever lived, and Steven Isserlis (who cites...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2024

BARTÓK; RÓZSA Violin Concertos (Roman Simovic)

After a childhood full of celluloid Miklós Rózsa it is good to be reminded of how the concert hall freed...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2024

BARTÓK Piano Concertos Nos 1-3 (Tzimon Barto)

Many recordings of Bartók’s First Piano Concerto understandably spotlight the intricate percussion-writing alongside the solo piano, even though the composer...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2024

Nemanja Radulovic: JS Bach

Nemanja Radulović is a captivating soloist, and his razor-sharp opening to the final movement of the Concerto in D minor,...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2024

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