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SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concertos (Yo-Yo Ma)

It was with Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto that Yo Yo Ma firmly established himself on the international scene and which,...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2025

TCHAIKOVSKY Orchestral Suite No 3 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol (Kochanovsky)

Stanislav Kochanovsky is a seriously good conductor. Born in St Petersburg, he’s conducted opera regularly at the Mikhailovsky and Mariinsky...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2025

Alexandre Tharaud: Concertos - Pécou, Lazkano, Nante

Few current pianists place such emphasis on their contemporaries as Alexandre Tharaud. This new release comprises three concertos that highlight...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2025

Boult’s Elgar: The Forgotten Recordings

Broadcast live on March 23, 1944, from the Corn Exchange in Bedford (the BBC SO’s wartime base), In the South...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2025

DVOŘÁK Symphonic Poems (Bolton)

These performances of three of Dvořák’s late symphonic poems are by no means the swiftest on record. In fact, compared...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2025

DVOŘÁK Romance. 4 Romantic Pieces MOZART Violin Concerto No 5 (Grace Park)

An odd coupling, you might think – two composers of different nationalities and different centuries. You might also have thought...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2025

DAUGHERTY Blue Electra

Blue Electra is a four-movement violin concerto inspired, composer Michael Daugherty (b1954) writes, ‘by the sensational life and mysterious disappearance...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2025

BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Blomstedt)

This live performance of Bruckner’s last symphony filmed in the basilica of St Florian provides a memorable epilogue to last...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 05/2025

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto (Nicola Benedetti)

Last year I welcomed a Philharmonia recording of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto under Santtu-Matias Rouvali (7/24), where, as I wrote at...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2025

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 2 ANDRES The Blind Banister (Jonathan Biss)

I would urge anyone who cares about piano-playing or, more specifically, music-making on the piano, but who hasn’t followed the...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2025

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