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Soave e virtuoso
One would be hard-pressed to find a flautist whose music-making is as broad as Alexis Kossenko’s. Active on both modern...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2017
SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony. Carnival of the Animals
Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony and The Carnival of the Animals are rarely paired together on disc. Hugely different in scale, they...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 12/2017
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé. Une barque sur l'océan
It’s unfortunate, perhaps, that Gustavo Gimeno’s new Pentatone recording of Daphnis et Chloé should appear so soon after François-Xavier Roth’s...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2017
WEINBERG Symphony No 5 PROKOFIEV Symphony No 5
Why re-record Weinberg’s Fifth? Well, it is certainly a standout piece in his output of 26 symphonies, constantly astonishing by its...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2017
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No 2. Violin Sonatas
At the heart of this curiously planned miscellany is Prokofiev’s G minor Violin Concerto, one of the last scores he completed...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2017
MILLÖCKER Waltzes. Marches. Polkas
For a composer of some of the most easy-going music in history, Carl Millöcker appears to have been a tricky...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017
MEDTNER; RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos
It is partly the constantly changing and complex rhythms that have contributed to the comparative neglect of Medtner’s three piano...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2017
MATHIAS Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3
William Mathias didn’t seem to have much, if any, interest in working anywhere near the musical cutting edge, yet there’s...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2017
MAHLER Symphony No 2 (Gatti)
As Mahler symphonies have become better and better known over the years, so too has the pressure grown on his...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2017
HAYDN Violin Concertos Nos 1, 3 & 4
Haydn’s three authentic violin concertos fit ideally on a single disc and are an integral part of every aspiring fiddler’s arsenal....
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2017
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Book review - Edward Elgar and Adrian Boult (by Nigel Simeone)
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Box-set round-up: April 2025 (Stokowski, Dorati, Fiorentino)
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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