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Review of HAYDN Cello Concertos HINDEMITH Trauermusik (Christian Poltéra)

HAYDN Cello Concertos HINDEMITH Trauermusik (Christian Poltéra)

There is of course no way that Christian Poltéra could have known, when he chose to pair the cello concertos...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2022

Review of DVORÁK Legends. Czech Suite (Măcelaru)

DVORÁK Legends. Czech Suite (Măcelaru)

Like the Slavonic Dances before them, Dvořák’s Legends sound and feel as if they were born into an orchestra. Piano...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2022

Review of COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Orchestral works

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Orchestral works

Only fitting that the ever-resourceful Chineke! should kick off a brand new contract with Decca celebrating Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Listening to...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2022

Review of BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Fischer)

BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Fischer)

Almost a decade after the release of his recording of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony (8/14), Iván Fischer has now turned his...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 11/2022

Review of BRUCKNER Symphony No 4 (Rattle)

BRUCKNER Symphony No 4 (Rattle)

This exceptional new recording of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony is the more remarkable when one considers...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2022

Review of BRAHMS Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Luisi)

BRAHMS Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Luisi)

‘It will be intimate Brahms with a lot of grandeur, and this is what counts for me’, says Fabio Luisi...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2022

Review of BERG Violin Concertos (Christian Tetzlaff; James Ehnes)

BERG Violin Concertos (Christian Tetzlaff; James Ehnes)

Riches indeed to have not one but two accounts of the Berg Concerto. James Ehnes and Christian Tetzlaff are unquestionably...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2022

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Review of BEETHOVEN; STRAVINSKY Violin Concertos (Vilde Frang)

BEETHOVEN; STRAVINSKY Violin Concertos (Vilde Frang)

This is what can happen when you open the birdcage. In the Beethoven Concerto, Vilde Frang, the freest of spirits,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2022

Review of BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (Noseda)

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (Noseda)

Gianandrea Noseda and Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra inaugurate their new Beethoven symphony cycle with this pair of plainspoken performances. Aside...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2022

Review of BYRD Pslames, Songs and Sonnets of 1611

BYRD Pslames, Songs and Sonnets of 1611

With 2023 marking the 400th anniversary of William Byrd’s death, you might be expecting a surge in recordings of his...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 11/2022

 

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