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MENDELSSOHN; TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concertos

The competition is fierce for these most frequently recorded of all violin concertos, both individually and together. Most of us...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2015

MAHLER Symphonies Nos 7 & 8

In the interview accompanying the Eighth Symphony, Paavo Järvi confesses that its first part is ‘not my favourite music’ and,...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2015

JANÁČEK Orchestral Works Vol 2

Apart from Taras Bulba, one of Janáček’s more straightforward works and one given a strong and eloquent performance here, Vol...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 07/2015

D'INDY Orchestral Works Vol 6

Rumon Gamba’s d’Indy series – this is the final instalment – has done much to illuminate the complexities surrounding one...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2015

HENZE Violin Concerto No 2

In his vivid booklet-note (one of the best I have read for a long while, both informative and entertaining), Peter...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07

HAYDN; WF BACH Symphonies

Giovanni Antonini’s ‘Haydn 2032’ project continues in the same vein as Vol 1 (3/15), with a selection of symphonies from...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2015

HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante MOZART Oboe and Bassoon Concertos

How good to see Haydn’s Sinfonia concertante given star billing. Usually it’s used as a filler, often to a ‘London’...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2015

GRIEG Piano Concerto. Lyric PIeces

It takes a brave man to record the Grieg Piano Concerto with the spectres of pianists such as Lipatti, Michelangeli,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2015

DVOŘÁK; SUK; JANÁČEK Violin Concertos

Regarding Dvořák’s Concerto, the obvious first-stop comparison is with Frank Peter Zimmermann’s 2013 recording, also with the Czech Philharmonic under...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2015

DELALANDE Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy

Listeners to this attractive CD need to know from the outset that what they are hearing is only partly Delalande...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 07/2015

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