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JS BACH St John Passion BWV2458

Bach’s St John Passion gains more from the small-ensemble approach, I think, than its big sister, the St Matthew. Its...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2013

American Violin Concertos

For some years Menotti’s Violin Concerto, along with his other purely instrumental works, was neglected. The first recording, with Tossy...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 03/2013

WOLF-FERRARI Violin Concerto. Orchestral Music from Operas

Wolf-Ferrari’s Violin Concerto, a late work, was written for the young American virtuoso Guila Bustabo, who had enjoyed a meteoric...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 03/2013

VIVALDI Nuova Stagione

Like the sun on Monet’s haystacks or Rouen Cathedral, Vivaldi’s genius shone on his own conception of the Baroque concerto...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2013

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 2. Rococo Variations

A decent account of Tchaikovsky’s so-called Little Russian Symphony – though not so little in this expansive and beefy Cologne...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2013

TAN DUN Concerto for Orchestra. Orchestral Theatre. Symphonic Poem on Three Notes

As the title implies, the Symphonic Poem is based on three notes. Not particularly interesting notes; just the first three...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 03/2013

SZYMANOWSKI Symphonies Nos 2 & 4. Concert Overture

The whole Szymanowski landscape is here, from the Strauss-infatuated Concert Overture to the folk-inflected Bartókian pianism of the exotic Fourth...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2013

SCHUMANN Symphonies 1-4. 'Schumann at Pier 2'

This is the sort of set that makes me grateful that classical recordings are still being made. As a refresher...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2013

SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos 5 & 6

He’s cultivated and urbane. David Zinman coasts along feeling no undercurrents within No 5. For him, Schubert remains the teenager...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 03/2013

SAINT-SAËNS; TCHAIKOVSKY Works for Cello & Orchestra

From the very first bars of Saint-Saëns’s First Cello Concerto you sense that this disc is going to be exhilarating...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 03/2013

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