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MAHLER Symphony No 5 (Bychkov)
The real pleasure here lies with the Czech Philharmonic – something individual, characterful and homespun in a world dominated by...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2022
KHACHATURIAN The Concertante Works for Piano (Iyad Sughayer)
Khachaturian lost out to himself in the Stalin Prize stakes of 1940. His ambitious Piano Concerto looked like a sure...
Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 11/2022
ĶENIÑŠ Symphonies Nos 2, 3 & 7 (Poga)
This release concludes Ondine’s edition of the symphonies by Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919-2008) who, born in Latvia and educated in Paris,...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2022
HELLENDAAL 6 Grand Concertos
I am astounded that on this recording there are only two cellists and a single bassist in the orchestra of...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 11/2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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