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SAARIAHO True Fire. Ciel d'hiver. Trans (Lintu)

One concerto, one song-cycle, one refashioned slice of an orchestral work from Kaija Saariaho and another case of the composer’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2019

Tango Seasons (Capella Gabetta)

Piazzolla on Baroque period instruments? I was somewhat sceptical before slipping the CD into the player, but my doubts were...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2019

Leningrad Violin Concertos

Northern Flowers continues to unearth much of interest out of the Soviet musical archives. This latest release features three concertos...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2019

Mendelssohn in Birmingham Vol 5: Overtures

This engaging disc of Mendelssohn’s overtures forms the final volume of Edward Gardner and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2019

MATTHEWS Symphony No 9 (Woods)

Pretty much every major symphonist from Brahms to Maxwell Davies leaves a trace on the Ninth Symphony of David Matthews....

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2019

LASSEN; SCHARWENKA; LANGGAARD Violin Concertos

There is always the exciting prospect, when presented with a disc of an unknown work by some neglected composer, of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2019

D'INDY Médée. Karadec Suite. Saugefleurie

Rarely heard in the concert hall, d’Indy’s characterful and richly scored music is heavily reliant on recordings for its continued...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2019

CRAMER Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5 (Howard Shelley)

Howard Shelley and the London Mozart Players are no strangers to Johann Baptist Cramer, having recorded the Mannheim-born, London-raised composer/pianist/entrepeneur’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2019

CHOPIN Piano Concertos (Richard-Hamelin)

In the wake of Charles Richard-Hamelin’s second prize at the 2015 competition in Warsaw, the Chopin Institute released an impressive...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2019

BRIAN Symphonies Nos 7 & 16 (Walker)

The inspiration behind Havergal Brian’s Seventh Symphony (completed in 1948 and, clocking in at nearly 40 minutes, the last of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2019

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