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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

Georges Cziffra: 1956‑1986 The Complete Studio Recordings

The life and legend of Georges (originally György) Cziffra (1921 94) could not have been invented by the most creative...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2022

Mariss Jansons: The Edition

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is the youngest of the great German symphony orchestras, founded under Eugen Jochum’s direction in...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 01/2022

Stephen Powell: Why do the Nations

Yet another move towards the playlist format for song recitals? If so, it’s a thoughtful one, with the singer acting...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2022

MULLER Antillean Dances (Louise Bessette)

A native of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles, Wim Statius Muller (1930-2019) studied piano and composition with Josef Raieff at...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2022

MACHOVER Death and the Powers

Tod Machover’s science-fiction opera about robots and humans, set to a libretto by Robert Pinsky, was designed with a spectacular...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 01/2022

KROUSE Symphony No 5. Symphonies of Strings Nos 1 & 2

Ian Krouse (b1956) is probably known best on the one hand for works for guitar quartet (1/14), one based on...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2022

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