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BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Op 30 (Christian Tetzlaff)

‘How greatly you wrong me’: it’s extraordinary to think that Beethoven completed his Op 30 so soon before the anguished...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2021

ARNOLD A Centenary Celebration

If the Malcolm Arnold centenary hasn’t exactly unleashed a torrent of new recordings, that’s probably because few British composers of...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2021

Shani Diluka: The Proust Album

Whether celebrating his 150th birthday this past July or anticipating the centennial of his death next November, Marcel Proust has...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2021

WOLF-FERRARI Complete Overtures & Intermezzi (Haider)

Eagle-eyed fans of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) will notice that no fewer than five numbers on this very likeable compendium have...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2021

WEINBERG Chamber Symphonies Nos 2 & 4 (Krimer)

This disc completes Rostislav Krimer’s survey of Weinberg’s chamber symphonies with the East-West Chamber Orchestra. As David Fanning rightly noted...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2021

VIVALDI The Four Seasons (Francisco Fullana)

In October 2021 Gramophone updated its ‘Top 10 Vivaldi recordings’. Is there space among this shortlist for another Four Seasons?...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2021

SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 3 (Jinjoo Cho)

Korean violinist Jinjoo Cho joins forces with former Quatuor Ébène viola player Mathieu Herzog and his Appassionato (formerly Ensemble Appassionato)...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2021

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 2 SCHNITTKE Concerto for Piano and Strings (Franz-Welser-Möst)

Once Prokofiev resolved to remake himself as a Soviet composer in the 1930s his Second Symphony (1924 25) provided a...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2021

MOZART Wind Concertos (Martin)

Having recorded the five violin concertos with Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, the LSO now present a selection of the wind concertos. Szeps-Znaider...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2021

LARCHER Symphony No. 2 'Kenotaph'. Die Nacht der Verlorenen

Best known for his chamber and vocal music (notably the highly regarded A Padmore Cycle – Harmonia Mundi, 6/14), Thomas...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2021

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