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FOSS Complete Symphonies

‘Foss came to neo-classicism late,’ the booklet-notes accompanying this first survey of all four Lukas Foss symphonies tell us, to...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 10/2015

FITZENHAGEN Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848 90), remembered for his bold, not to say high-handed revision of Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2015

JANÁČEK Sinfonietta DVOŘÁK Symphony No 9

On grounds of sound alone, Anima Eterna’s new all-Czech coupling is something of a revelation. Jos van Immerseel has seen...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2015

DUTILLEUX Métaboles

I would imagine Ludovic Morlot and Karl-Heinz Steffens are thrilled – in a Gore Vidal ‘a little part of me...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 10/2015

CHOPIN Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

This latest release from the very proactive Fryderyk Chopin Institute pairs live recordings of the two concertos. Common to both...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2015

CHAPLIN Modern Times

The American Film Institute selected Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times as a cinematic milestone in its list of 100 films of...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2015

BRUCKNER Symphony No 5

This release completes Simone Young’s Bruckner cycle, one of only a handful to include the two early symphonies in F...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 10/2015

BRUCH Violin Concerto No 2

Ulf Wallin gives a dramatic, passionate reading of Bruch’s Second Concerto, aided by a fine, spacious recording and strong, well...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 10/2015

BRITTEN; DELIUS Violin Concertos

New recordings of Delius’s raptly songful, beautifully proportioned Violin Concerto are always welcome. Philippe Graffin’s version with David Lloyd-Jones certainly...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2015

BIRTWISTLE Antiphonies. Slow Frieze

Between 1989 and 1999 Harrison Birtwistle completed three operas whose differences encapsulate the formidable extension of range characteristic of his...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2015

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