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CORIGLIANO 'To Music'

John Corigliano is not, as he would admit, a natural symphonist. With so many great symphonies already penned by others,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2022

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 2 DEAN Testament (Jurowski)

In Vladimir Jurowski’s hands, the first movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No 2 is a study in contrasts. He paces the...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2022

JS BACH Harpsichord Concertos (Corti; Suzuki)

Having completed distinctive and imaginative recordings of Bach’s seven solo harpsichord concertos and Triple Concerto (7/20, 4/21), Francesco Corti moves...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2022

ARNELL Orchestral Works

A pupil of Ireland at the RCM (1935-39), Richard Arnell was shaped musically by those inter-war influences of post-Romanticism and...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 10/2022

Jonathan Tetelman: Arias

Here’s the most exciting tenor discovery to come my way since the appearance of Jonas Kaufmann on the big international...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 10/2022

Steven Schick: A Hard Rain

Music for percussion is more abundant than one might assume. Beyond the confines of the symphony orchestra lies a vast...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2022

PRICE 'Scenes in Tin Can Alley' Piano Music (Josh Tatsuo Cullen)

Little can be added to Andrew Farach-Colton’s detailed article in the November 2021 issue about the the life and art...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2022

KOHN Complete Works for Flute (Rachel Rudich)

Karl Kohn, Professor Emeritus at Pomona College in California, where he taught for over 40 years, made frequent appearances on...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2022

BOYER Balance of Power

Bright, brash, breezy: attributes one often associates with American orchestral music and which Peter Boyer (b1970) delivers in spadefuls. Right...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2022

JS BACH Violin Works, Vol 2 (Jason Vieaux)

In the period since he made his first recording of music by Bach (2009), guitarist Jason Vieaux has explored a...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2022

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