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Ben Kim (b1983, Portland, Oregon) studied with Leon Fleisher and has been a protégé of Martha Argerich. His recording activity...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2020
Here’s a Mahler Sixth that comes with its own historical context. Unlikely as it may now seem, Essen was where...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2020
To Mahler’s well-known remark that the symphony must be like the world, containing everything, James MacMillan appears to be finding...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2020
The past decade has seen contemporary music accorded much greater presence on Wigmore Hall programmes, the three pieces featured here...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2020
Though Louise Farrenc’s chamber music, much of it long neglected, has gradually been restored to the repertory in recent years,...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2020
A sense of dignified reserve distinguishes Vladimir Jurowski’s handling of the Concerto’s opening tutti, with plenty of telling woodwind detail...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2020
Carl Czerny gave the Viennese premiere of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in 1812 and a mere 12 days later started work...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2020
Hot on the heels of their impressive Brahms D minor Concerto (1/20), the Royal Northern Sinfonia with Lars Vogt as...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2020
François Leleux’s first album with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra flanks Gounod’s Petite Symphonie for nine wind instruments with Bizet’s Symphony...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2020
Whenever I listen to the First Symphony I am mindful of how dramatically Bernstein started as he meant to go...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2020
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'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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