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FRANCES-HOAD Stolen Rhythm

The largest work on this third Champs Hill release devoted entirely to Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s music is Katharsis (2013), written for...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2017

ESCAICH Baroque Song

Baroque Song (2007) draws on chorale preludes for organ by Bach – Thierry Escaich is organist at the Church of...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2017

DVOŘÁK Symphony No 9 SIBELIUS Finlandia

Chineke!’s motto is ‘Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music’. Its orchestra, made up of young Black and Minority...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 09/2017

CHAMINADE Callirhoë

Callirhoë is no mere ballet score but a ‘ballet symphonique’, a title perhaps inspired by Litolff’s earlier five concertos symphoniques....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2017

CARTER Late Works

The late works of Elliott Carter (1908 2012) are so numerous as to constitute an output on their own. Just...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2017

BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Muti)

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has a long tradition of performing Bruckner’s music, the Fourth Symphony having featured in concert as...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 08/2017

BRAHMS Complete Symphonies (Nelsons)

In a personal booklet note for this set Andris Nelsons celebrates the recorded legacy of Brahms in Boston, referencing complete...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 09/2017

BLISS; WALTON Violin Concertos

Keen-eared collectors will enjoy spotting the differences between Walton’s original 1939 version of the Violin Concerto (familiar to connoisseurs from...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2017

ANDRIESSEN Symphonic Works Vol 4

The continuation of CPO’s Hendrik Andriessen series shows the Dutchman to be nothing if not consistent. His music is always...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2017

MENDELSSOHN Complete Symphonies (Nézet-Séguin)

Mendelssohn’s five numbered symphonies make a motley collection: a piece of precocious juvenilia, three ‘named’ symphonies, only one of which...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2017

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