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JS BACH St Matthew Passion

The St Matthew Passion was probably first performed in 1727 but the music we usually hear is from Bach’s revised...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2015

JS BACH St Mark Passion

Picander’s libretto for the St Mark Passion was published in his edition of collected poetry (1732). Bach’s lost setting was...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2015

TELEMANN; JSBACH; GRAUPNER Cantatas and Overtures

Behind this project’s eye-catching title lies a neat concept, and a more nuanced reality. The lives of Bach, Telemann, and...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 06/2015

DEVIENNE; GIANELLA; CLUCK; PLEYEL Flute Concertos

These four concertos are linked by the fact that they were all composed in Paris immediately before or after the...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2015

Poema: Works for Cello and Strings

Erkki Salmenhaara (1941-2002) was at one time an avant-garde firebrand, his first three symphonies (1962 64) and some other works...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2015

The Orchestra: Abbado and the Musicians of the Orchestra Mozart

The Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado’s last great musical project, ran into financial trouble even before the maestro’s death. Hence this...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2015

New Music With Guitar Vol 9

The words ‘new music with guitar’ can strike fear into the heart of even the most intrepid musical explorer. Thankfully...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 06/2015

The Central Band of the Royal Air Force: British Classics

It was my good fortune that the junior school I attended made a speciality of performing English folk dances, which...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 06/2015

Romain Leleu: Trumpet Concertos

On this disc Romain Leleu and the Orchestre d’Auvergne present trumpet concertos from the second half of the 20th century...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue:

ZEMLINSKY The Mermaid

Ondine’s analytically transparent recording and John Storgårds’s measured approach bring the opulent textures of Die Seejungfrau closer to the Expressionist...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2015

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