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SIBELIUS Violin Concerto. Humoresques (Fenella Humphreys)

Fenella Humphreys wears her virtuosity lightly. She’s one of those very ‘contained’ players whose musicality looks you straight in the...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2021

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos 1, 14, 15 & Chamber Symphony (Nelsons)

Shostakovich’s first and last symphonies make for intriguing bedfellows: the beginning and end of a tortuous journey, heavy with irony...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2021

POULENC Aubade. Le Bal masqué, Flute Sonata. Sextet

This is Mark Bebbington’s second Poulenc disc for Resonus and a more than worthy companion to its predecessor, much admired...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2021

MYASKOVSKY Symphony No 27 PROKOFIEV Symphony No 6 (Petrenko)

This last of Vasily Petrenko’s discs as chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic finds the team on something like top...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 08/2021

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

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