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BRAHMS Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

Though not wishing to start on a downer, just sample the last minute or so of the Third Symphony in...

Reviewed in issue AW/2012

BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique

Another month, another Berlioz Symphonie fantastique. No sooner have the Orchestre National de Lyon and Leonard Slatkin released their version...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue:

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9

Res severa gaudium (‘pleasure is a serious business’), the proscenium of the Gewandhaus stage sternly enjoins us; and, after the...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW/2012

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 5 & 6

Sylvain Cambreling is most often namechecked in Gramophone, at least by me, for his recordings of Salvatore Sciarrino, Morton Feldman,...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: AW/2012

Guitar Concertos of the 20th and 21st Centuries

Even if you’re not a fan of David Chesky’s Concerto for electric guitar and orchestra or Yngwie Malmsteen’s Concerto Suite...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW/2012

Stephen Hough's French Album

Eh bien, voici un disque vraiment délicieux! Stephen Hough describes this album as ‘a sort of musical dessert trolley’. Come,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue:

Lars Vogt live at Verbier Festival

There are few more agreeable venues in which to hear world-class performances than Verbier – if the music doesn’t grab...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW/2012

Valentina Lisitsa Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Without a word of warning, the Ukrainian-born American-based pianist Valentina Lisitsa has leapfrogged from expert collaborator (she’s recorded with violinists...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW/2012

TELLEFSEN Complete piano works

Yes, that’s right: three hours 18 minutes and 38 seconds of music on one disc. That is only one of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW/2012

SCRIABIN Piano Works

Stravinsky’s awed and baffled question regarding Scriabin – ‘Where does he come from and where does he go?’ – is...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW/2012

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