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VANHAL Symphonies, Vol 5

This latest volume from Naxos devoted to the symphonies of the prolific Bohemian figure Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813) fittingly bears...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2022

STRAVINSKY Ballets (Rattle)

Performing all three of Stravinsky’s early ballets in a single evening (I remember it well) was a tall order, even...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2022

STRAUSS; KORNGOLD; SCHREKER "Metamorphosen"

While Metamorphosen may be the finest music here, lending its name to yet another distinctive album from John Wilson’s Sinfonia...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2022

SCHNELZER A Freak in Burbank

Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer (b1972) does a good line in clear musical imagery, responds with immediacy to clear ideas and...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2022

SANTORO Symphony Nos 5 & 7 'Brasília'

As well as being one of the most significant Brazilian composers of the 20th century, Cláudio Santoro (1919 89) was...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2022

RAVEL La valse & Other Works (Oramo)

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Ravel’s orchestral reimaginings of his piano originals is that both forms retain their own...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2022

MENDELSSOHN Piano Concertos. Capriccio Brillant (Lars Vogt)

Mendelssohn performed by a chamber orchestra and directed from the keyboard always looks like an enticing proposition. And so it...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2022

MAHLER Symphony No 4 (Bychkov)

Whatever weight you place on Mahler’s Bohemian and Moravian connections, his discography contains surprisingly little that can be described as...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2022

COOPER Continuum

As society finally takes its first cautious steps towards a brave new post-pandemic world, more and more musicians are sharing...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 05/2022

BRUCKNER Symphony No 7 (Roth)

François-Xavier Roth’s recording of Bruckner’s Seventh is the first instalment in a new cycle of the symphonies being recorded by...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2022

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