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Review of BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique

BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique

Another month, another Berlioz Symphonie fantastique. No sooner have the Orchestre National de Lyon and Leonard Slatkin released their version...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue:

Review of BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9

Res severa gaudium (‘pleasure is a serious business’), the proscenium of the Gewandhaus stage sternly enjoins us; and, after the...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW/2012

Review of BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 5 & 6

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 5 & 6

Sylvain Cambreling is most often namechecked in Gramophone, at least by me, for his recordings of Salvatore Sciarrino, Morton Feldman,...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: AW/2012

Review of Guitar Concertos of the 20th and 21st Centuries

Guitar Concertos of the 20th and 21st Centuries

Even if you’re not a fan of David Chesky’s Concerto for electric guitar and orchestra or Yngwie Malmsteen’s Concerto Suite...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: AW/2012

Review of Stephen Hough's French Album

Stephen Hough's French Album

Eh bien, voici un disque vraiment délicieux! Stephen Hough describes this album as ‘a sort of musical dessert trolley’. Come,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue:

Review of Lars Vogt live at Verbier Festival

Lars Vogt live at Verbier Festival

There are few more agreeable venues in which to hear world-class performances than Verbier – if the music doesn’t grab...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW/2012

Review of Valentina Lisitsa Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Valentina Lisitsa Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Without a word of warning, the Ukrainian-born American-based pianist Valentina Lisitsa has leapfrogged from expert collaborator (she’s recorded with violinists...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW/2012

Review of TELLEFSEN Complete piano works

TELLEFSEN Complete piano works

Yes, that’s right: three hours 18 minutes and 38 seconds of music on one disc. That is only one of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW/2012

Review of SCRIABIN Piano Works

SCRIABIN Piano Works

Stravinsky’s awed and baffled question regarding Scriabin – ‘Where does he come from and where does he go?’ – is...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW/2012

Review of PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas Nos 6-8

PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas Nos 6-8

Putting my head above a parapet, I have to say that these performances of Prokofiev’s three ‘War’ Sonatas (for Sviatoslav...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW/2012


 

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