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MOZART Violin Concertos Nos 3 & 5. Symphony No 29 (Sebastian Bohren)

Sebastian Bohren’s previous outings with the CHAARTS Chamber Artists have seen him directing hefty repertoire – Beethoven (7/16) and Hartmann...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2021

M LINDBERG Aaura. Marea. Related Rocks

If one asked composer Magnus Lindberg to name his favourite instrument, his answer would probably be ‘the orchestra’. A case...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2021

HANDEL Concerti Grossi Op 3 (Gester)

There is some lovely playing on offer here from Van Diemen’s Band conducted by Martin Gester; the only problem is...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 08/2021

DAVIES Nature (Huw Watkins)

Holst, Tippett, Birtwistle – British composers in the modern era have achieved great things with the kind of dialogues between...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 08/2021

BRAUNFELS Orchestral Works (Bühl)

There’s a sad paradox in that while the world of literature happily accepts the idea that even the best writers...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2021

BRAHMS Symphony No 3. Serenade No 2 (Fischer)

The Third Symphony’s germinal F-A-F motif is grandly stated at the outset, yet also sprung with a momentum to sweep...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2021

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Concertos (Zimerman)

Krystian Zimerman first recorded the Beethoven concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1989, leading the two early concertos from the...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2021

BANTOCK; WILSON: British Music For Strings II (Bostock)

Here’s a second, tasty helping of British string music courtesy of CPO and the South West German Chamber Orchestra under...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2021

MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Petrenko)

I really thought I knew this work – every facet of it. But Kirill Petrenko has a way of hearing...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2021

Lavena: in your hands

An enigmatic soundscape shivers into being in Gemma Peacocke’s Amygdala for solo cello and fixed electronics. The cellist wends her...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 07/2021

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