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Music for a Viennese Salon: Haydn, Kraus, Dittersdorf

Booklet notes by Steven Zohn set the scene for this disc – an imaginary Viennese salon concert from October 1801...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 11/2020

BUCKLEY From Ocean's Floor

From Dennehy to Walshe, Ann Cleare to Andrew Hamilton, a slew of Irish voices have recently caught international attention. Not...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 11/2020

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos 1-4 (Frank Peter Zimmermann)

A special joy of this Beethoven anniversary year has been the opportunity to hear performers of immense intelligence and experience...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2020

BRUCKNER Symphonies Nos No 4-7 (Gergiev)

After a decidedly uneven start to their St Florian recordings of Bruckner’s nine numbered symphonies, Valery Gergiev and the Munich...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2020

Xuefei Yang: Sketches of China

Truth, fantasy, boldness and delicacy. Listening to Chinese classical guitarist Xuefei Yang’s latest album is like watching a parade of...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 11/2020

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 5. Francesca di Rimini (Järvi)

On the cover of this Tchaikovsky Fifth, a smiling Paavo Järvi seems to indicate that all will be well. And...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2020

TAVENER No Longer Mourn For Me (Steven Isserlis)

Here is a disc that proves to be much more than the sum of its parts. At first sight, it...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2020

SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (Hughes)

Like Edward Seckerson, I was greatly impressed by the recent recording of Sibelius’s First Symphony conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Here...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 11/2020

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 11 (Jurowski)

Hard on the heels of John Storgårds’s thrilling account of Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony with the BBC Philharmonic comes another performance...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2020

ROTT Complete Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Ward)

In addition to the symphony that so markedly influenced Gustav Mahler, Hans Rott (1858-84) composed a number of other orchestral...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 11/2020

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