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BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Concertos (Bavouzet)

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet first crossed my radar in 2005 with a striking Liszt recital on MDG that contained, among other gems,...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW20

SCHMIDT Complete Symphonies (Järvi)

Deutsche Grammophon’s booklet note for this new recording arguably exaggerates the neglect of Franz Schmidt (1874-1939) and his four symphonies,...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW20

WEINBERG Symphonies – Nos 2 & 21, Kaddish (Gražinytė-Tyla)

The UK premiere of Symphony No 21 in Symphony Hall last November was a watershed moment for Weinberg’s reputation. It...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2019

Russian Colours

The small and perfectly formed have come into their own during the pandemic with new and existing chamber arrangements making...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2020

Extra Time

Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima have had a run of snappy album titles in recent years – ‘The Italian Job’,...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 10/2020

SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No 2 (Jan Vogler)

A brand-new Cello Concerto – one piece, three composers, ‘three continents’. As Jan Vogler, the commissioner, puts it: ‘I’m a...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2020

SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 (Roth)

Schumann himself conducted the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, and the CD booklet makes a case for the ensemble’s continuing connection...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2020

ROUSE Symphony No 5. Supplica. Concerto for Orchestra

The death at the age of 70 earlier this year of Christopher Rouse also brought a premature close to a...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 10/2020

RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez (Junhong Kuang)

A new recording of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez is always welcome. Unencumbered by profundity yet full of strong feeling, impeccably...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2020

RODRIGO Orchestral Works (Lluna)

This recording, made in conjunction with a concert commemorating the 20th anniversary of the composer’s death in April 2019, provides...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 10/2020

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