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History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vols 4 & 5 (Brahms Trio)

With these two discs The Brahms Trio conclude a journey of discovery that I have found both edifying and exhilarating....

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 09/2021

Divertissement! (C/O Chamber Orchestra)

This is the debut recording of the C/O Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble of 30 players from across Europe based in...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 09/2021

SAINT-SAËNS Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Kantorow)

The more I hear Saint-Saëns’s youthful symphonies, the more impressive they seem. If the various influences he absorbed are readily...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2021

POOT Symphonies 1-7

This Naxos release draws on a number of sources to present a complete cycle of the seven symphonies by the...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 09/2021

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 9 & 17 (Olga Pashchenko)

Following explorations of Beethoven and his contemporaries and duo piano music by Debussy (with Alexander Melnikov – Harmonia Mundi, 8/18),...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2021

MEHLDAU Variations on a Melancholy Theme

His music may not sound like Brahms, but the American jazz pianist Brad Mehldau has more in common with the...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2021

MAHLER Symphony No 8 (Dudamel)

Is the Eighth such a problem piece as all that? Do its Latin and German, sacred and secular halves really...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2021

Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour

Shortly after Haydn’s appointment as Esterházy vice-Kapellmeister, the Vivaldi-loving Prince Paul Anton suggested (ordered?) a series of four ‘quartets’ depicting...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2021

HANDEL Organ Concertos Opp 4 & 7 (Jeremy Joseph)

Handel organ concertos may not be what you associate with the gilded fittings of the Vienna Musikverein, though apparently performances...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 09/2021

MUHLY Shrink GLASS String Quartet No 3 (Pekka Kuusisto)

Nico Muhly and Philip Glass go back a long way. There’s a scene in Scott Hicks’s 2007 documentary on Philip...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2021

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