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Prism III - Beethoven, Bartok, JS Bach

When Beethoven shares the theme of Op 131’s Andante between the two violins, it’s like two friends, not always but...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2021

JS BACH The Well-Tempered Consort II

It is a rare and wonderful thing when a sequel surpasses its first instalment. In my review of Vol 1...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 05/2021

Settecento: Baroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States

After the Fiats, the chess pieces and the football shirts comes the Vespa, another striking cover image for the latest...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2021

WEINBERG Violin Concerto. Sonata for Two Violins (Gidon Kremer)

Given his unstinting advocacy of Mieczysław Weinberg in recent years, it was inevitable that Gidon Kremer would eventually tackle the...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2021

VIVALDI Bassoon Concertos (Sergio Azzolini)

Believe it or not, but after the violin, the instrument Vivaldi wrote the most concertos for was the bassoon. There...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2021

SULLIVAN Ballet Music (Penny)

A welcome transfer from Marco Polo to Naxos for this enterprising Sullivan coupling that originally appeared in 1992. First heard...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2021

SUCKLING This Departing Landscape

Those who follow new music in the UK will likely have come across Martin Suckling (b1981) with his impressive song-cycle...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2021

RESPIGHI Orchestral transcriptions (Neschling)

While Ottorino Respighi’s cinematic ‘Roman Trilogy’ pushes for a dramatic use of vivid orchestral colours, his various visits to other...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2021

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2 (Rattle)

The London Symphony Orchestra have a kind of ownership on this piece. The era of André Previn and his and...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2021

MOZART The complete Multipiano Concertos; Oboe Concertos

Two discs of works by Mozart for solo instruments and orchestra, but with none of the usual suspects – and...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2021

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