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Collector: Mozart Concertos

What’s the collective noun for bassoons? A grumble of bassoons, after the Grandfather in Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf? A...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2022

Ophélie Gaillard: A Night in London

While mention of the Baroque cello repertoire might first prompt thoughts of Italy, the title of this programme from Ophélie...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2022

Amarcord d'Un Tango

‘Amarcord d’un Tango’, saxophonist Marco Albonetti writes in a booklet note, ‘was created to offer the listener a brief journey...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2022

VANHAL Symphonies, Vol 5

This latest volume from Naxos devoted to the symphonies of the prolific Bohemian figure Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813) fittingly bears...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2022

STRAVINSKY Ballets (Rattle)

Performing all three of Stravinsky’s early ballets in a single evening (I remember it well) was a tall order, even...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2022

STRAUSS; KORNGOLD; SCHREKER "Metamorphosen"

While Metamorphosen may be the finest music here, lending its name to yet another distinctive album from John Wilson’s Sinfonia...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2022

SCHNELZER A Freak in Burbank

Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer (b1972) does a good line in clear musical imagery, responds with immediacy to clear ideas and...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2022

SANTORO Symphony Nos 5 & 7 'Brasília'

As well as being one of the most significant Brazilian composers of the 20th century, Cláudio Santoro (1919 89) was...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2022

RAVEL La valse & Other Works (Oramo)

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Ravel’s orchestral reimaginings of his piano originals is that both forms retain their own...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2022

MENDELSSOHN Piano Concertos. Capriccio Brillant (Lars Vogt)

Mendelssohn performed by a chamber orchestra and directed from the keyboard always looks like an enticing proposition. And so it...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2022

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