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VIVALDI Estro Armonico Libro Secondo

This disc is labelled ‘Libro secondo’, even though so far there has been no ‘Libro primo’; the reference, however, is...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2014

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake

This is a lively and characterful Swan Lake from Neeme Järvi and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. As with their recording...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 03/2014

NORDGREN Symphony No 1. Concerto for Clarinet, Folk Instruments and Small Orchestra

Juha Kangas’s track record in Nordgren’s music goes back a long way, at least to the 1970 premiere of the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2014

MOZART Violin Concertos Nos 3 & 4. Violin Sonata No 22

Each time I’ve heard Ray Chen I’ve been impressed by the way he infuses his performances with spirit and vitality....

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 03/2014

MOZART Complete Horn Concertos

It’s all here, every concerto Mozart wrote for the horn, either complete or newly reconstructed by Stephen Roberts, K370b and...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 03/2014

MERCADANTE Sinfonia On Themes From Rossini's Stabat Mater. Clarinet Concerto No 2

Provided that expectations are not pitched too high, there is much to enjoy here. Incorrigibly prolific, Saverio Mercadante bequeathed a...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 03/2014

MAHLER Symphony No 6 (Chailly & Van Zweden)

It is Chailly who impresses most here, not that his radical rethink will satisfy everyone. Admirers of his audio recording...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2014

MAHLER Symphony No 2

Benjamin Zander’s continuing exploration of Mahler’s symphonies with the Philharmonia Orchestra for Telarc was highly regarded on two fronts: first,...

Reviewed by Ken Smith in issue: 03/2014

LISZT Ad nos, ad salutarem undam

Liszt’s Ad nos, ad salutarem undam is one of the greatest works written for the organ, a thrilling Gothic masterpiece...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2014

KARAYEV The Seven Beauties. The Path of Thunder

A native of Baku, Azerbaijan, Kara Karayev (1918-82) was a composition pupil of Shostakovich at the Moscow Conservatory. Unlike his...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2014

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