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BUXTEHUDE 'Alchemy of Another' Trio Sonatas Op 1

Recordings of Buxtehude’s trio sonatas enjoy a healthy presence in the catalogue these days, no doubt because their unusual scoring...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2024

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas 6, 1 & 8 (Viktoria Mullova)

‘Will Mullova keep us waiting another ten or more years for her next sonata instalment’, I asked when the second...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2024

NIELSEN The Symphonies: Recordings 1965-2022

Fifty years ago, the LSO and Ole Schmidt gave us the first complete recording of Nielsen’s symphonies, braving power cuts...

Reviewed in issue 08/2024

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Future. The Steersman. Fantasia for piano and orchestra

There are now two versions of Vaughan Williams’s big-boned Fantasia for piano and orchestra (1896-1904) to choose from. Never published...

Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 08/2024

STRAVINSKY Symphonies Vol 1 (Slobodeniouk)

Dima Slobodeniouk has his Galician orchestra at the tip of his baton in the crisp sforzandos that punctuate the first...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2024

SAXTON Epic of Gilgamesh. The Resurrection of the Soldiers

Hard on the heels of the release of Kenneth Woods and the English Symphony Orchestra’s fifth instalment (devoted to Steve...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2024

RIES Symphonies 1 & 2 (Nisonen)

Ferdinand Ries is better known now for his association with Beethoven. His own music is not an unknown quantity, though,...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2024

ORTIZ Revolución diamantina

Mexican composer Gabriela Ortíz (b1964) carries on where Carlos Chávez, Silvestre Revueltas and other mid-20th-century modernists left off – creating...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2024

MOZART Symphonies Nos 34-36 (Collins)

Michael Collins and the Philharmonia here kick off their projected Mozart symphony cycle in splendid style: three joyful, extrovert works...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2024

MOZART Sinfonia Concertante. Horn Concerto No 2 (Alexandre Zanetta)

Howard Griffiths’s ‘Next Generation Mozart Soloists’ series has done sterling work in promoting young musicians and giving them valuable studio...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2024

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