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GREGSON Chamber Music

He may remain best known through his works for brass band but Edward Gregson (b1945) has amassed a substantial and...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2022

Neave Trio: Musical Remembrances - Brahms; Rachmaninov; Ravel

Some themes seem more alluring on paper than in reality, and the linking of three quite disparate sound worlds and...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2022

BEETHOVEN Complete Cello Sonatas (Alisa Weilerstein)

‘One of my favourite things about performing Beethoven’s complete cycle of sonatas for cello and piano is that in five...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2022

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

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