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Karen Gomyo: A Piazzolla Trilogy

Unlike many classical performers who enjoy a brief dalliance with Piazzolla’s music, the violinist Karen Gomyo seems to be in...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW21

PÄRT Tabula Rasa (Renaud Capuçon)

It’s difficult in many ways to come up with anything but lyrical adjectives when confronted with playing of this quality....

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW21

NØRGÅRD; SAARIAHO 'Remembering' Cello Concertos (Jakob Kullberg)

Aleksi Barrière’s booklet introduction refers to the concerto as ‘a musical dramatisation of the encounter of an individual soloist with...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW21

MOZART Symphonies Nos 39, 40 & 41 (Manacorda)

An energetic trio of performances that lends credence to Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s notion concerning Mozart’s last three symphonies, that they were...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW21

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 25 (Jeremy Denk)

The first thing you notice at the outset of the C major Concerto (K503) – in fact at the opening...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW21

Zal: The Music of Milosz Magin

Although remembered primarily for his Chopin recordings, Miosz Magin (1929‑99) focused increasingly on composition after settling in Paris in 1960....

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW21

KAPUSTIN Piano Concerto No 4. Concerto for Violin & Piano. Chamber Symphony (Frank Dupree)

Nikolai Kapustin died in July last year at the age of 83 (his wife died on the day of his...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21

GRIEG; RACHMANINOV 'Tedd Joselson's Companionship of Concertos'

Tedd Joselson has kept a relatively low public profile since his 1970s association with RCA Victor, focusing mainly on teaching....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW21

BRUCKNER Symphony No 3 (original 1873 version. Dausgaard)

Glancing at the running time of 56 minutes, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Thomas Dausgaard has chosen to perform...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: AW21

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No 1 CHERUBINI Éliza (Alexander Melnikov)

Hard on the heels of Schiff’s pioneering recording of Brahms’s two concertos on period instruments comes another intrepid venture, this...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW21

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