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BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 6-9 (Savall)

Chapeau to Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations. The pandemic delayed the completion of their Beethoven symphony cycle but...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2022

Georges Cziffra: 1956‑1986 The Complete Studio Recordings

The life and legend of Georges (originally György) Cziffra (1921 94) could not have been invented by the most creative...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2022

Mariss Jansons: The Edition

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is the youngest of the great German symphony orchestras, founded under Eugen Jochum’s direction in...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 01/2022

Stephen Powell: Why do the Nations

Yet another move towards the playlist format for song recitals? If so, it’s a thoughtful one, with the singer acting...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2022

MULLER Antillean Dances (Louise Bessette)

A native of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles, Wim Statius Muller (1930-2019) studied piano and composition with Josef Raieff at...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2022

MACHOVER Death and the Powers

Tod Machover’s science-fiction opera about robots and humans, set to a libretto by Robert Pinsky, was designed with a spectacular...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 01/2022

KROUSE Symphony No 5. Symphonies of Strings Nos 1 & 2

Ian Krouse (b1956) is probably known best on the one hand for works for guitar quartet (1/14), one based on...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2022

Sarah Aristidou: Æther

'We may not be able to change the world, but we can change our relationship to it, starting with our...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2022

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sadko (Zangiev)

When an opera is deconstructed – when it is given a new story, and the sets disassembled on stage –...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 01/2022

MOZART Mitridate, re di Ponto (Minkowski)

For an opera that was not revived after its initial performances until the 1970s, Mitridate has done surprisingly well on...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2022

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