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Review of COPLAND Billy the Kid DVORÁK Symphony No 9

COPLAND Billy the Kid DVORÁK Symphony No 9

A brand-new label showcasing both the National Symphony Orchestra and their home – the Kennedy Center – in Washington DC...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020

Review of SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals (Marin Alsop)

SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals (Marin Alsop)

What an attractive programme this is, the DVD cover an alluring bright red, vivid orange and sky blue, Marin Alsop...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2020

Review of BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 (Haselböck); 5 & 7 (Manze)

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 (Haselböck); 5 & 7 (Manze)

For the final instalment of the ‘Resound Beethoven’ series, recorded in Viennese venues that survive from the composer’s day, Martin...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2020

Review of BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 2 & 5 (Bezuidenhout)

BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 2 & 5 (Bezuidenhout)

One of the choicest offerings thus far this celebratory Beethoven year is the powerfully compelling collaboration of Kristian Bezuidenhout and...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2020

Review of ABRAHAMSEN; PESSON; STRASNOY Contemporary Concertos

ABRAHAMSEN; PESSON; STRASNOY Contemporary Concertos

Alexandre Tharaud has been nothing if not enterprising over his choice of repertoire, and this is equally evident in the...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2020

Review of CHOPIN Piano Concertos (Benjamin Grosvenor)

CHOPIN Piano Concertos (Benjamin Grosvenor)

I haven't been this struck by the orchestral expositions to Chopin's concertos since Jun Märkl with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2020

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Review of Buzz Brass: Inspirations

Buzz Brass: Inspirations

Buzz Brass’s previous recordings have included a version of The Planets for an expanded ensemble including organ and ‘Preludes and...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2020

Review of A Black Birch in Winter: American and Estonian Choral Music

A Black Birch in Winter: American and Estonian Choral Music

Voces Musicales are an Estonian chamber choir founded in 1999. Their only other disc currently available in Presto Classical’s database...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2020

Review of REALE Caldera with Ice Cave

REALE Caldera with Ice Cave

In an absorbing album of music written since the turn of the century, Paul Reale displays his Prospero-like command of...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 02/2020

Review of MASLANKA Symphony No 10, 'The River of Time'

MASLANKA Symphony No 10, 'The River of Time'

When David Maslanka died on August 7, 2017, barely five weeks after his wife and three weeks shy of his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2020


 

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