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ADDISON; JACOB; RUBBRA British Piano Concertos Vol 2

It is Gordon Jacob’s use of the orchestra in his Piano Concerto No 2 that rouses the admiration more than...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2023

STILLPOINT

Inspired by the Emerging Artist Competition at DePauw University’s 21CMposium in 2016, Awadagin Pratt, Mark Rabideau and Judd Greenstein developed...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2023

From Method to Madness: The American Sound

This survey of American music for cello and piano includes a pair of standard works (the Barber and Foss) and...

Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 10/2023

Ashley Jackson: Ennanga

Ashley Jackson’s new album may be relatively short but it is long on feeling and artistic connections. She pays tribute...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2023

All Roads

The Shea-Kim husband-and-wife duo offer impressive performances of four works that require an equal musical partnership. The duo have won...

Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 10/2023

HIGDON Duo Duel. Concerto for Orchestra

Concertos are a popular format among contemporary orchestral composers: they not only tick multiple boxes in the commissioning process but...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 10/2023

PARRY Prometheus Unbound

Chandos already has a Parry catalogue to reckon with, including several of the secular choral works directed by Matthias Bamert....

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2023

Infinite Voyage

The Emerson Quartet’s farewell to recording on their retirement after a distinguished 40-year career is strikingly different from their Beethoven-Schubert...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2023

JANÁCEK Katya Kabanova (Hrůša)

Conducted by Jakub Hrůša, Barrie Kosky’s modern-dress staging of Katya Kabanova caused a considerable stir in Salzburg last year. An...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 10/2023

You Did Not Want For Joy

This is a delight of a disc. Short and slight – pared back to the essentials of both texture and...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 10/2023

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