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BRUCH; STENHAMMAR Violin Concertos (Svarfvar)

Christian Svarfvar muses poetically over the opening solo of the Bruch Concerto. He’s hardly alone in disregarding the composer’s instruction...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/19

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9 (Antonini)

Back in September 2010 I remarked how the Fifth and Sixth symphonies ‘really swing’ under Giovanni Antonini, and now his...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2019

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 STRAUSS Horn Concerto (Honeck)

Reading Manfred Honeck’s extensive booklet note (nearly 10 single-spaced pages on the Eroica alone) before playing the CD left me...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2018

JS BACH Violin Concertos (Shunske Sato)

It was never going to be a complete surprise to find these four concertos to be an exquisitely joyous and...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2019

JS BACH Brandenburg Concertos (Mortensen)

The tone of Concerto Copenhagen’s Brandenburgs is set right at the beginning of Concerto No 1, where the usual raucous...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2018

Suite italienne (Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi)

The cover photos suggest glamour; the first item in the programme is romantic with a capital R. But don’t be...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2019

The Scene of the Crime

No ‘difficult second album’ for Colin Currie’s new record label but instead a worthy successor to the label’s imposing inauguration...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2019

A SIERRA Butterflies Remember a Mountain

When Bridge champions a composer, one needs to sit up and take notice: the series devoted to George Crumb, Fred...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2019

SCHUBERT Die Nacht. Arpeggione Sonata

The arpeggione was a hybrid instrument, smooth-waisted, tuned and fretted like guitar but bowed like a viola da gamba. Invented...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2019

RUZICKA Clouds 2. String Quartet No 7

Composer, conductor and administrator, Peter Ruzicka is certainly among the most versatile of present-day musicians and this latest release updates...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2019

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