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BRUCKNER Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

Bruckner’s Second Symphony is arguably the most problematic of the canon in terms of textual matters. The critical edition published...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 12/2016

BERIO Sinfonia MAHLER 10 Frühe Lieder

All the post-war masters looked to Mahler for inspiration in their own ways. To Stockhausen he was a visionary, beyond...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2016

BENNETT Old American Dances

Richard Rodgers liked to tell a story about a Broadway arranger who insisted that he was at least 50 per...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2016

BEETHOVEN Complete Symphonies

Born to Conduct, the title of the hour-long documentary about Philippe Jordan which is included in the new set, is...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2016

STRAVINSKY The Firebird BARTÓK Piano Concerto No 3

Most LSO Live recordings rigorously eschew applause and include some remedial patching. This one has a different purpose, consciously intended...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2016

ADAMS Scheherezade.2

For most music lovers, the word Scheherazade likely conjures the plush orientalism of Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral tone-poem. John Adams’s Scheherazade.2 (2015)...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2016

Voces8: Winter

Since its foundation in 2005 the British ensemble Voces8 has drawn glowing plaudits for the impeccable quality of its balance...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2016

A Verlaine Songbook

Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton have turned to Verlaine settings for their new album for BIS, drawing inevitable comparisons with...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2016

Ben Johnson: Sonnets

Sonnets from Petrarch and Shakespeare to Auden afford a wide scope of musical settings. Ben Johnson’s selection, which had its...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 12/2016

Mater ora filium: Music for Epiphany

Taking inspiration from the seasons of the Anglican year – Advent, Passiontide, Pentecost, Easter – Graham Ross and the mixed-voice...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2016

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