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STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben (Petrenko. Søndergård)

These two new releases see two conductors tackle Ein Heldenleben at different stages of their relationships with orchestras. Vasily Petrenko’s...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2019

SIBELIUS Symphony No 1 (Nézet-Séguin)

Just Sibelius’s First Symphony? That is exceptionally short measure for a CD. The ratio of quality over quantity needed to...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2019

ROTA Music for the films of Federico Fellini (Chailly)

Enter the extraordinary world of Federico Fellini – a world where childhood dreams strive to lose touch with reality, where...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2019

RAVEL Lucerne Festival 2018 (Chailly)

‘To embody the expressive totality of dance solely through sound’ is how the rather grand booklet notes describe the aim...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2019

Gateways

Qigang Chen is something of a sound magician. In fact, the day this CD arrived I’d invested in and just...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2019

NIELSEN Violin Concerto (Lisa Jacobs)

Lisa Jacobs plays with firm tone and admirable technical control in these live performances, and I’m particularly taken with the...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2019

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (Kitajenko)

The wildest thing about this tour of Mussorgsky’s gallery is Ilya Repin’s portrait of the composer on the cover. It...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2019

MOZART Symphony No 40 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6 (Nelsons)

Last year Accentus released the complete inaugural concert of Andris Nelsons as Gewandhaus-kapellmeister (11/18) and it’s a shame that their...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2019

MOZART Symphonies Nos 39-41 (Savall)

This is, in certain ways, a most peculiar project. Jordi Savall’s approach to Mozart’s three final symphonies bears a clear...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2019

MARSALIS Violin Concerto. Fiddle Dance Suite (Benedetti)

A number of things become clearer as Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto unfolds. First, that there’s a story to be told,...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2019

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