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Overtures From Finland

The connection between nine of the 10 works here is to show that Sibelius did not emerge from or operate...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2023

Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana

A few years ago the horn player Sarah Willis fell in love with the music and culture of Cuba. This...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2023

Bacchanale: Saint-Saëns et la Méditerranée

Camille Saint-Saëns certainly caught the travel bug. The composer was an intrepid tourist and often wintered in warmer climes: Italy,...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 10/2023

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 5. Romeo and Juliet (Shokhakimov)

Young Uzbek conductor Aziz Shokhakimov became music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg in 2021. This is their first...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 10/2023

Martin Owen Plays Strauss, Schumann & Weber

Is Schumann’s Koncertstück for four horns the most life-affirming work in the repertoire? Perhaps not. But as you’re listening to...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 10/2023

SCHUBERT Symphonies 8 & 9 (Janowski)

Marek Janowski and his Dresdeners immediately score over virtually all the competition by offering the Unfinished and Ninth on a...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2023

RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos. Paganini Rhapsody (Yuja Wang)

Make no mistake, this is a classy release. Hardly surprising that, given the artists involved, but I headline the cliché...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2023

MOZART Serenades (González-Monjas)

The peal and clatter of D major, resplendent with horns and trumpets and the bright resonance of open strings, resounds...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2023

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 1, 2, 3 & 5 (Robert Levin)

Robert Levin and the Academy of Ancient Music’s belated push to complete their recording of Mozart’s entire output for keyboard...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2023

MAHLER Symphony No 2 (Santtu)

Like so much of what I’ve heard of Santtu’s work of late, this Mahler Symphony No 2 is decidedly hit...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2023

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