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SIBELIUS Violin Concerto (James Ehnes)

A veritable compendium of Sibelius’s writing for the instrument closest to his heart. There’s the big one, of course, but...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2024

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos 6 & 9 (Rouvali)

Santtu-Matias Rouvali proves himself a persuasive Shostakovich conductor on this live recording, his first release of the composer’s music. His...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2024

SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos 5 & 8 (Emelyanychev)

The appointment of Maxim Emelyanychev to the principal conductorship of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra was a bold and eye-catching move,...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2024

SCHOENBERG Pelleas und Melisande. Verklärte Nacht (Payare)

Following his well-received accounts of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony (6/23) and Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (4/24), Rafael Payare’s third recording for Pentatone...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 11/2024

SCHARWENKA Piano Concerto No 1 (Jonathan Powell)

Scharwenka’s Piano Concerto No 1 is one of the greatest of all Romantic piano concertos. Completed in 1877, charming, full...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2024

PROKOFIEV Piano Concertos (Stewart Goodyear. Zlata Chochieva)

Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto sits uneasily between lush Romanticism and abrasive modernism. When he was still a daring young pianist-composer...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 11/2024

MOZART Viola Concerto. Sinfonia Concertante (Diyang Mei)

There’s a fine performance of the Sinfonia concertante here. But the obvious selling point is Berlin Philharmonic viola player Diyang...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/2024

MOZART Piano Concertos Vol 10 (Bavouzet)

The first volume of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s collaboration with Gábor Takács-Nagy conducting the Manchester Camerata in the Mozart piano concertos appeared...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2024

MARTINŮ; WALTON Viola Concertos (Amihai Grosz)

Whatever the corporate strength of the Berlin Philharmonic, it is also an ensemble of famous soloists. No surprise then to...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2024

HAYDN Late Symphonies Vol 4 (Fischer)

Aficionados of Adám Fischer’s revisiting of Haydn’s ‘London’ Symphonies will know what to expect from this final instalment. His nimble...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2024

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