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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The booklet note to Schiff’s latest early keyboard venture with ECM offers factual and circumstantial arguments for Bach having a...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 04/2023
Launching a high-end CD player may seem like a brave endeavour in what is increasingly...
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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