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B A ZIMMERMANN 'Recomposed'

Wergo’s long-term Bernd Alois Zimmermann Edition now continues with this ambitious ‘Recomposed’ project, placing six of his own works within...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2023

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Piano Quintet. Fantasia on the Old 104th

Top billing on the booklet cover goes to the ambitious Fantasia on the Old 104th, conceived for the same forces...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2023

TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings. Souvenir de Florence, Andante Cantabile (Azkoul)

The Souvenir de Florence and Serenade for Strings are two of Tchaikovsky’s sunniest works and have often been paired on...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2023

MAHLER; SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 10 (van Zweden)

Mahler’s impact on those that followed him was greater than he would ever know. For Shostakovich it was the irony,...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 02/2023

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade (Vänskä)

The first release by Curtis Studio, a new label founded by the Curtis Institute of Music, brings a warm and...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 02/2023

REINECKE ‘The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 85’ (Simon Callaghan)

I last encountered Simon Callaghan in Vol 76 of Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series playing Rheinberger and Scholz (8/18). This...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2023

PRICE Songs of the Oak (Jeter)

This third instalment in Naxos’s survey of Florence Price’s orchestral music presents four major works. The two concert overtures might...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2023

PADE ‘The Orchestral Album’ (Gustafsson)

At last the spotlight of revisionism is swinging its beam towards Else Marie Pade (1924-2016). The sidelined Danish composer gets...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 02/2023

NIELSEN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3, 4 & 5 (Luisi)

These are quite marvellous – and in the case of the Fourth Symphony, incendiary – performances. There’s something about the...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 02/2023

NETZEL; SANDSTRÖM; TARRODI Piano Concertos (Peter Friis Johansson)

Evidently a pianist keen to extend the repertoire through exploring its byways and extending its compass, Peter Friis Johansson demonstrates...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2023

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