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DESSNER Tenebre

Bryce Dessner confessed to having been shocked by the precision and energy of Ensemble Resonanz’s performances when he first heard...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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