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Review of MYASKOVSKY Symphony No 27 PROKOFIEV Symphony No 6 (Petrenko)

MYASKOVSKY Symphony No 27 PROKOFIEV Symphony No 6 (Petrenko)

This last of Vasily Petrenko’s discs as chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic finds the team on something like top...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 08/2021

Review of MOZART Violin Concertos Nos 3 & 5. Symphony No 29 (Sebastian Bohren)

MOZART Violin Concertos Nos 3 & 5. Symphony No 29 (Sebastian Bohren)

Sebastian Bohren’s previous outings with the CHAARTS Chamber Artists have seen him directing hefty repertoire – Beethoven (7/16) and Hartmann...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2021

Review of M LINDBERG Aaura. Marea. Related Rocks

M LINDBERG Aaura. Marea. Related Rocks

If one asked composer Magnus Lindberg to name his favourite instrument, his answer would probably be ‘the orchestra’. A case...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2021

Review of HANDEL Concerti Grossi Op 3 (Gester)

HANDEL Concerti Grossi Op 3 (Gester)

There is some lovely playing on offer here from Van Diemen’s Band conducted by Martin Gester; the only problem is...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 08/2021

Review of DAVIES Nature (Huw Watkins)

DAVIES Nature (Huw Watkins)

Holst, Tippett, Birtwistle – British composers in the modern era have achieved great things with the kind of dialogues between...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 08/2021

Review of BRAUNFELS Orchestral Works (Bühl)

BRAUNFELS Orchestral Works (Bühl)

There’s a sad paradox in that while the world of literature happily accepts the idea that even the best writers...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2021

Review of BRAHMS Symphony No 3. Serenade No 2 (Fischer)

BRAHMS Symphony No 3. Serenade No 2 (Fischer)

The Third Symphony’s germinal F-A-F motif is grandly stated at the outset, yet also sprung with a momentum to sweep...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2021

Review of BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Concertos (Zimerman)

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Concertos (Zimerman)

Krystian Zimerman first recorded the Beethoven concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1989, leading the two early concertos from the...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2021

Review of BANTOCK; WILSON: British Music For Strings II (Bostock)

BANTOCK; WILSON: British Music For Strings II (Bostock)

Here’s a second, tasty helping of British string music courtesy of CPO and the South West German Chamber Orchestra under...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2021

Review of MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Petrenko)

MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Petrenko)

I really thought I knew this work – every facet of it. But Kirill Petrenko has a way of hearing...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2021

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