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Les Vents Français: Concertante!

The sinfonia (or symphonie) concertante developed mainly in the orchestral centres of Mannheim and Paris and, the informative booklet tells...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2018

TELEMANN The Concerti-en-Suite

Much as the classification ‘concerto-suites’ does very strongly suggest ‘contents as described on the tin’, some may yet find it...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2018

STRAVINSKY Symphony Op 1. Suites Nos 1 & 2 (Kitayenko)

The variably transliterated Dmitry Kitaenko continues his Indian summer in the company of musicians with whom he has been associated...

Reviewed by Libby McPhee in issue: 06/2018

STRAVINSKY Petrushka. The Firebrd Suite (Tennstedt)

Klaus Tennstedt’s isn’t the first name to come to mind when thinking about Stravinsky’s ballets – granitic Beethoven, Bruckner and...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2018

STANFORD Piano Concerto. Violin Concerto

There’s no question what constitutes the main course here and what the hors d’oeuvres. Stanford’s D major Violin Concerto dates...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2018

Ayana Tsuji Live in Montreal

The Japanese-born violinist Ayana Tsuji was 18 years old in May 2016 when she won first prize in the Concours...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2018

PETTERSSON Symphonies Nos 5 & 7

I doubt whether many in the audience at the premiere of Pettersson’s Seventh Symphony (1966 67), 50 years ago this...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2018

NONO Como una ola de fuerza y luz de ASSIS unfolding waves

Recordings of Luigi Nono have increasingly focused on his highly introspective late music, which makes this disc featuring two of...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2018

MYSLIVEČEK 3 Violin Concertos. Sinfonia

Josef Mysliveček (1737 81) seems to have been quite a fellow. A close friend of the Mozarts and a major...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2018

MCLEOD Out of the Silence

The booklet gives no birth date for John McLeod but the composer’s biography dives straight in with the impetus behind...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2018

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