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What's Next Vivaldi? (Patricia Kopatchinskaja)

I listened to an awful lot of Vivaldi concertos during lockdown – all 484 of those currently available on disc....

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20

Jess Gillam: Time

The classical saxophone album often appears in one of two basic formats. First, there’s the variety-pack version, which blends core...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW20

Michel Portal, Paul Meyer: Double

‘Double’ clarinets could, I suppose, have been a bit of a procession of unremarkable and maybe overlong Classical and early...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW20

Beethoven's Ninth: Symphony for the World

‘A breathtaking documentary about the greatest symphony of all time.’ ‘Not just for fans of classical music!’ You have been...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20

Thibaut Garcia: Aranjuez

Is 26-year-old Franco-Spanish guitarist Thibaut Garcia’s account of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez one of the finest ever recorded? Quite possibly....

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW20

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake (Rouvali)

Like Oliver Twist, I’m left wanting more. Clearly this suite from Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece was part of a larger concert programme...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW20

STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung. Don Juan (Ticciati)

For his first Richard Strauss album, Robin Ticciati offers a welcome deviation from the standard. We’ve got two of the...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW20

STRAUS Piano Concerto. Serenade

I guess I am not alone in being unaware of a piano concerto by Oscar Straus. It was written either...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW20

SILVESTROV Symphony No 7. Piano Concertino (Lyndon-Gee)

Anyone wanting to explore the mature output of the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov could hardly do better than hear this...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: AW20

SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concertos (Alban Gerhardt)

By accident or design this pairing arrives hard on the heels of Alina Ibragimova’s Shostakovich violin concertos for the same...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: AW20

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