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WILLIAMS Violin Concerto No 2. Selected Film Themes. 'A Gathering of Friends'

‘The Guv’nor’ of movie music is quick to acknowledge those who have inspired him – composers and performers alike –...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2022

'Strauss Alliance'

Andris Nelsons has just completed his Bruckner symphony cycle with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and has nearly reached the end of...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2022

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphonies Nos 7 & 9 (Elder)

Here’s the concluding instalment in Mark Elder’s Vaughan Williams symphony cycle on the Hallé’s own label, its release – and...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2022

TAKÁCS Orchestral Works (Christ)

Active as a composer until his late nineties, Jenő Takács enjoyed a creative career almost as long as that of...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2022

SHOSTAKOVICH Jazz & Variety Suites (Litton)

Shostakovich’s well-developed sense of irony is so intrinsically wrapped up with his love of popular music – especially that which...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2022

SCHUMANN Complete Symphonies (Heras-Casado)

Pablo Heras-Casado becomes the latest of his generation of conductors to record a Schumann cycle. He has form in this...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2022

PIAZZOLLA; VIVALDI 'The Mandolin Seasons' (Jacob Reuven)

It’s always a boon when it’s clear from the off that there’s a real relationship at the heart of a...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2022

MOZART; BIRCHALL Clarinet Concertos (Michael Collins)

Michael Collins favours unusual couplings for his recordings of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. His first recording (DG) was paired with Mikhail...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2022

MENDELSSOHN; SINDING Violin Concertos (Lea Birringer)

Here’s something new, and I’m talking less about this being German violinist Lea Birringer’s debut concerto disc than the fact...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2022

Voyages - Orchestral Music By James Lee III

James Lee III (b1975) is a master colourist. His orchestration is dazzlingly vivid and teems with detail – so much...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2022

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