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AHO Symphony No 5. Sieidi

I have heard no more impactful or well-argued work from Kalevi Aho’s pen than his Symphony No 5. It is...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2020

NIELSEN Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Dausgaard)

Nielsen’s early symphonies aren’t just well-kept secrets; they are essential listening for anyone serious about understanding the composer’s place in...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2020

Brian Giebler: A Lad's Love

Among the joys of Brian Giebler’s new disc is the focus on neglected song repertoire and composers. The American tenor...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW20

Cortège

This is a nicely if slightly prosaically performed recital of French violin sonatas (or set of three pieces in the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW20

RUNESTAD Sing, Wearing the Sky

Each of these 10 works by Jake Runestad, written between 2006 and 2018, has a similar reverence for texts that...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: AW20

LIANG Inheritance

Before the rise of Silicon Valley and Dionne Warwick’s 1968 hit ‘Do you know the way to San Jose’, California...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: AW20

BARBER. RACHMANINOV Cello Sonatas (Jonah Kim)

Sergey Rachmaninov and Samuel Barber were both twenty-somethings when they composed their only sonatas for cello and piano. These are...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW20

Ermonela Jaho: Anima Rara

Soprano recital albums are nothing new under the sun, but this one is focused less on the singer and more...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20

ZAJC Nikola Šubić Zrinski (Matvejeff)

Under the baton of Rudolf Kempe, the ‘Vienna Philharmonic on Holiday’ recorded the sturdy Kolo (round-dance) from Ero the Joker...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20

WAGNER Der Ring des Nibelungen (Kober)

Unusually for Wagner, the curtain rises on Act 2 of Die Walküre to a quite static stage direction: there stands...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20

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