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Review of Véronique Gens: Néère

Véronique Gens: Néère

Véronique Gens’s new album is an important issue on several fronts. First and foremost, it is arguably the most...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2016

Review of BERG Violin Concerto

BERG Violin Concerto

No explanation is offered in the booklet for the belated release of these recordings from the early 1990s and perhaps...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2016

Review of CHARPENTIER; BOYVIN Motets pour une princesse

CHARPENTIER; BOYVIN Motets pour une princesse

The title of this disc is ‘Motets pour une princesse’. The lady in question was Marie de Lorraine, the Duchesse...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2016

Review of DEBUSSY Fantaisie FAURÉ Ballade RAVEL Piano Concerto

DEBUSSY Fantaisie FAURÉ Ballade RAVEL Piano Concerto

For her third Somm recording, Valerie Tryon turns to France, doubtless recalling her early studies in Paris with Jacques Février....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2016

Review of MOZART Double Concertos

MOZART Double Concertos

Mozart’s Concerto for three pianos, K242, was composed in 1776 for the Countess Lodron and her two daughters, and later...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2016

Review of SCHUMANN Piano Concerto. Introduction and Allegro

SCHUMANN Piano Concerto. Introduction and Allegro

Having recorded the Chopin Etudes aged just 18 (10/13), what could be more natural than the Schumann Concerto at 20?...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2016

Review of Angel, Devil, Priest

Angel, Devil, Priest

When it comes to Baroque violin concertos, Vivaldi’s tend to get the lion’s share of the limelight in comparison to...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2016

Review of WEIGL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Violin Concerto

WEIGL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Violin Concerto

This was my first encounter with the music of Karl Weigl (1881-1949). I fear it may also be my last....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2016

Review of VIVALDI 6 Flute Concertos

VIVALDI 6 Flute Concertos

Hugo Reyne presents this disc very much in terms of his life with Vivaldi’s recorder concertos, from copying a tune...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2016

Review of STRAUSS A Hero's Life

STRAUSS A Hero's Life

This disc marks a double celebration: 40 years since the foundation of the Orchestre National de Lille and a half-century...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2016

 

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