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I Got Rhythm (Julian Bliss Septet)

George Gershwin as seen through the eyes of Benny Goodman is vividly captured on this impressive recording of arrangements by...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 05/2021

Hallgató

It’s no exaggeration to say ‘Hallgató’ turns the outsider experience inside-out, creating an alt-alterity by deftly bringing together Hungarian, Jewish,...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 05/2021

Adam Walker: French Works For Flute

In 2013 Ivan March wrote enthusiastically of ‘Vocalise’, the young LSO principal flautist Adam Walker’s debut recital disc accompanied by...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2021

Belle Époque: French Music for Wind (Orsino Ensemble)

Founded in 2018 by Adam Walker to explore the chamber repertory for wind instruments, the Orsino Ensemble are joined for...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2021

MOZART Violin Sonatas Fragment Completions (completed Timothy Jones)

Completed fragments are curious things. Are they there to render playable music that would otherwise be lost to us? If...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2021

MENDELSSOHN; MONTGEROULT; VIOTTI; WEBER Violin Sonatas (Sophie Rosa)

How clever to pair sonatas by Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) and Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836). Renowned virtuosos and pedagogues as...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2021

LANGGAARD Complete Works for Violin & Piano, Vol 3

Here ends Dacapo’s three-disc survey of Rued Langgaard’s complete works for violin and piano, led by two of the composer’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2021

KAHN Leaves from the Tree of Life

The rediscovery of music suppressed in the Third Reich continues with this release of music by Robert Kahn (1865-1951), a...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2021

A French Connection

Beyond ‘fabulous’, it’s not always easy to put a finger on what exactly Ernst Chausson’s ear-grabbing Concert in D, Op...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2021

BRAHMS Viola Sonatas. Zwei Gesange Op 91 (Antoine Tamestit)

Allegro amabile, the tempo indication for the first movement of Brahms’s Op 120 No 2, seems almost an invitation from...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2021

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