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Review of BRAHMS Violin Concerto BARTÓK Rhapsodies

BRAHMS Violin Concerto BARTÓK Rhapsodies

This is indeed a splendid recording of the Concerto. The Gewandhaus Orchestra sound bright and resplendent in the great D...

Reviewed in issue 12/2013

Review of Vienna 1789

Vienna 1789

Cellos and basses laying the foundation for the first movement of K595 don’t only articulate the harmony. In this performance...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 12/2013

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Review of Xiayin Wang: American Piano Concertos

Xiayin Wang: American Piano Concertos

Premiered in 1927, Copland’s Piano Concerto was described by one critic as ‘a jazz dance hall next to a poultry...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2013

Review of SIBELIUS; BARBER Violin Concertos

SIBELIUS; BARBER Violin Concertos

The mother-and-daughter partnership of Zina Schiff and Avlana Eisenberg shows an evident unity of purpose in both concertos. In the...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 12/2013

Review of JS BACH 4 Orchestral Suites BWV1066-69

JS BACH 4 Orchestral Suites BWV1066-69

There are few musicians who appear more steeped in their worlds than Sigiswald Kuijken and one senses that Bach’s pure...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2013

Review of JS BACH Violin Concertos : BWV1041 & BWV1042

JS BACH Violin Concertos : BWV1041 & BWV1042

For some, a disc of Bach’s Violin Concertos is incomplete without the ubiquitous ‘Double’ in D minor – and on...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2013

Review of WAGNER Die Walküre. Siegfried

WAGNER Die Walküre. Siegfried

For Marek Janowski, coming up now to complete his second recorded Ring cycle, vocal colour – rather than strength or...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2013

Review of VERDI Otello

VERDI Otello

Here is one of the great Verdi conductors of our time, who is now doing some of the best work...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2013

Review of TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin

TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin

The production by Covent Garden’s director of opera sees the story in flashback, beginning with Onegin and Tatyana’s final meeting....

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2013

Review of RAMEAU Les surprises de l’Amour

RAMEAU Les surprises de l’Amour

The background to this unfamiliar work is confusing: let’s get it out of the way as concisely as possible. When...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 12/2013


 

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