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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 4. 'Francesca da Rimini' Fantasy

It’s really hard to fault any of Nelsons’s choices here. Like Tchaikovsky, he is a classicist at heart: nothing is...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue:

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 2 MUSSORGSKY Night on the Bare Mountain Pictures at an Exhibition

Ukrainian themes are at the core of Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony, the Little Russian, and Karabits – himself a Ukrainian –...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2012

TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto for Violin. Sérénade mélancolique

James Ehnes’s programme, complementing the Concerto with the rest of Tchaikovsky’s solo violin music, follows Julia Fischer, who issued exactly...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue:

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 5

Only a DVD culled from a live concert could throw up the unlikely pairing of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony with From...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 03/2012

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 4

In 2001 Valery Gergiev directed members of his own Kirov (Mariinsky) and Rotterdam orchestras in an unexceptionable live recording of...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2012

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 SHCHEDRIN Piano Concerto No 5

For the most part, collectors familiar with pianist Denis Matsuev’s earlier recordings of Shostakovich’s First Concerto and Shchedrin’s Fifth will...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue:

SCHUMANN Symphonies 1 & 3

A telling litmus test for performances of the Rhenish is the gently flowing, song-like third movement (marked simply Nicht schnell),...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2012

SAINT-SAËNS Ballet Music from Operas

This is a strange one, but the music does at least have rarity value. It is safe to say that,...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue:

ROUSSEL Festin de l'araignee. Padmavati Suites Nos 1 and 2

Roussel’s balletic exposé of seething life in the insect world receives a vibrant performance from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue:

ROTA Cello Concertos 1&2

Nino Rota was a celebrated film composer but, on the evidence of these two cello concertos, he is less skilled...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 03/2012

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