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BRUCKNER Symphony No 1

In reviewing Mario Venzago’s coupling of Bruckner’s Fourth and Seventh symphonies (11/11), I found the brightened textures revealing and not...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2012

BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique

The way in which Robin Ticciati paces the Symphonie fantastique lends it powerful impetus. Keeping his big guns in reserve,...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 05/2012

BERIO Rendering BRAHMS Clarinet Sonata No 1 MAHLER Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit

Renderings of Rendering (by Chailly and Eschenbach, among others) have emphasised the dislocation and distance between Schubert and Berio. Unfamiliarity...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2012

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9 'Choral'

The opening is transparent, the triplet semiquavers on second violins and cellos pianissimo but definite. Rhythmic snatches from first violins...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 05/2012

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto

The idea of pairing the Beethoven Concerto with Fritz Kreisler’s music is a fine one; Kreisler was, after all, a...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 05/2012

ADÈS In Seven Days NANCARROW Study for Player Piano 6 & 7

The London Sinfonietta’s new association with Signum Classics continues with the first recording of Thomas Adès’s In Seven Days. Described...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 05/2012

Journey

Di Xiao is a young Chinese pianist whose disc entitled ‘Journey’ ranges far and wide through a ‘those she loves’...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2012

Baroque Conversations

Just as David Greilsammer’s ‘fantaisie_fantasme’ (Naïve, 12/07) alternated old and new music according to a mirror-like symmetrical game plan, ‘Baroque...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2012

YSAŸE 6 Sonatas for solo violin Op 27

Ysaÿe dedicated each of these sonatas to a different, then-famous, performer-friend, and each is wildly different in character as a...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 05/2012

MEDTNER Arabesques, Dithyrambs, Elegies

Here is a declaration of musical faith if ever there was one. No pianist has done more for Medtner’s reputation...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2012

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