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BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Thielemann)

Christian Thielemann’s Bruckner cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra continues apace with this refined performance of the Ninth Symphony, recorded...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2023

BRUCKNER Symphony No 4 (Roth)

This is a superb account of the original 1874 version of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony, first published in 1975 in Leopold...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 05/2023

AHO Violin Concerto No 2. Cello Concerto No 2

He may be best known for his 17 symphonies but Kalevi Aho (b1949) has also written 38 concertos that, between...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2023

ADÈS Dante (Dudamel)

We’ve had a whiff of Thomas Adès’s ballet score Dante in Gramophone’s pages before. Last year I reviewed a performance...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2023

GESUALDO Madrigali, Books 5 & 6

At the end of a multi-volume survey such as this, one inevitably reflects on the whole project as much as...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 05/2023

Permutations

There is a fascinating dichotomy at the heart of this album, one that – for once – produces positive results...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2023

I and Thou

That the 21st century seems not only to have liberated cello duos but unleashed them is amply demonstrated by VC2,...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 05/2023

Difficult Grace

Seth Parker Woods puts his stylistic range and extraordinary musicianship on display in this intensely personal programme. In Fredrick Gifford’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2023

TEMPLE Behind the Wallpaper

The Spektral Quartet kept audiences on the edge of their seats in a vast repertoire from 2010 until last year,...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 05/2023

HOLLAND Guitar Works and Arrangements (Christopher Mallett)

The name Justin Holland may not be familiar to many music lovers but it is cherished by classical guitarists, especially...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 05/2023

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