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MAHLER Symphony No 6 (Fischer)

As this final chapter of Adám Fischer’s distinctive, occasionally inspired Mahler cycle draws to a close, dare I say that...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 02/2022

LIEBERMANN Frankenstein

Within just five years of its publication in 1818, Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel inspired a stage play that became...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 02/2022

JANÁCEK On An Overgrown Path (Karsko)

How good is your French? The two parts of Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path – the 10 pieces published in...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2022

HINDEMITH Clarinet Concerto. Clarinet Quartet. Clarinet Sonata (Sharon Kam)

Israeli-born, Hanover-resident Sharon Kam (b1971) studied with Charles Neidich at the Juilliard School in New York. In a successful global...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2022

HAYDN 'Haydn 2032' Vol 11: Symphonies 2, 24, 82, 87 (Antonini)

Eleven volumes and 35 symphonies down, Giovanni Antonini now reaches a third of the way through his Haydn cycle with...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2022

EISLER Couplets. Ballads. Orchestral Suites 2-4. Die Letzte Nacht

This double-CD set offers a valuable and absorbing selection of Hanns Eisler’s songs and shorter orchestral works from across his...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 02/2022

BRIDGE. ELGAR Cello Concertos (Gabriel Schwabe)

Following the solo cello’s emotional declaration at the opening of Elgar’s Concerto, the violas begin a quietly doleful, lilting tune...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2022

BRAHMS Symphony No 1, Violin Concerto (Stéphanie-Marie Degand)

We’ve had a bumper crop of historically informed recordings of the Brahms symphonies over the past quarter of a century...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2022

AUBER Overtures Vol 5 - Zanetta, Zerline (Salvi)

Readers of Jules Verne will remember that among the treasures of human civilisation that Captain Nemo assembled in the library...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2022

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

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