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BEDROSSIAN Twist. Edges. Epigram

Who’s afraid of a new ism? In the first decade of the 2000s, along with fellow Paris Conservatoire graduate Raphaël...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 05/2020

ARNOLD; IBERT; NIELSEN Flute Concertos (Clara Andrada)

Although Nielsen’s Flute Concerto is well established in the repertoire, the other concertos on this recording are less frequently heard...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2020

Adès Conducts Adès

So is this the last Romantic piano concerto? It might well be; but the work’s precursor In Seven Days –...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2020

GÓRECKI String Quartet No 3 (Tippet Quartet)

Górecki’s series of string quartets, written over a relatively short span of time (the first dates from 1988) are absolutely...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 05/2020

UNG Space Between Heaven and Earth

Chinary Ung (b1942) is a Cambodian-born, California-resident composer whose music has been featured on more than 20 recordings from mostly...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020

HARBACH Orchestra Works, Vol 5

This splendid recording by the London Philharmonic Orchestra of four richly romantic works written by Barbara Harbach in 2017 shows...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 05/2020

DEBUSSY Études. Children's Corner (Aleck Karis)

When it comes to contemporary late 20th-/early 21st-century piano repertoire, Aleck Karis has few peers. He plays Elliott Carter’s Night...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2020

CUNNINGHAM Indiana Collectanea

This ninth disc from Navona devoted to the music of Michael G Cunningham (b1937) concentrates on instrumental and chamber pieces...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2020

BRAHMS Clarinet Sonatas. Trio (Marie Ross)

It’s wise to leave preconceptions at the door while listening to this captivating programme of Brahms clarinet works. The musicians...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 05/2020

VERDI La Traviata (Balke)

This new Traviata, the first studio recording for some 25 years not to be based round a specific staging, I...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2020

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