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MAHLER Symphony No 8 (Jurowski)

Modern listeners tend to take Mahler’s proud claim for the Eighth as his greatest achievement with a soup-spoon of salt....

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2021

GUBAIDULINA Dialog: Ich und Du. The Wrath of God. The Light of the End

There is always a spritual dimension to Sofia Gubaidulina’s work, and the violin concerto Dialog: Ich und Du is no...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2021

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra. Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta (Mälkki)

Susanna Mälkki’s thrilling sojourn in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle was roundly welcomed by me in the June issue of Gramophone –...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2021

Sabine Devieilhe: Bach. Handel

On the surface there is no recognisable thread that logically ties together the contents of this mouth-watering recital, although the...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2021

Ieva Jokubaviciute: Northscapes

Ieva Jokubaviciute’s first album was a tribute to Alban Berg. Here, she focuses on the Nordic and Baltic states, with...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2021

Reginald L Mobley: American Originals

San Francisco-based Agave’s third album with countertenor Reginald L Mobley pays tribute to Florence Price with eight tracks, none more...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 11/2021

J HALL Songs 'Bold Beauty' (Molly Fillmore)

The title of this album of songs by Juliana Hall refers to a poetry set that became Cameos, one of...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 11/2021

DEMSKE Journey for One (after Schubert's Winterreise)

The unwary might assume that Hilary Demske’s latest album is a transcription or reworking of Schubert’s great song-cycle, omitting the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2021

RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye BARTÓK from 44 Duos for Violin (High Low Duo)

When played on two electric guitars, the Mother Goose suite sounds less like Ravel transcribed than an Ennio Morricone score...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2021

Véronique Gens: Passion

A couple of years ago, Alpha issued ‘L’opéra des opéras’ (4/19), a new pasticcio made up of airs and other...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 11/2021

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