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Review of VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Sinfonia antartica. Symphony No 9 (Brabbins)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Sinfonia antartica. Symphony No 9 (Brabbins)

Martyn Brabbins rounds off his Vaughan Williams symphony cycle for Hyperion with a most impressive account of the Ninth. His...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2023

Review of STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto & Chamber Works (Isabelle Faust)

STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto & Chamber Works (Isabelle Faust)

So this is the Stravinsky Violin Concerto I have so often seen on the page but rarely heard in performance....

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2023

Review of SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy. Symphony No 2 (Falletta)

SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy. Symphony No 2 (Falletta)

It doesn’t at all surprise me that Scriabin once thought of calling his Poem of Ecstasy ‘Poème orgiaque’ or ‘Orgiastic...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2023

Review of PROKOFIEV Symphony No 1 (Noseda )

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 1 (Noseda )

Over a concentrated few days in May 2004, Valery Gergiev conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in an incendiary Prokofiev symphony...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2023

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Review of PALUMBO Woven Lights

PALUMBO Woven Lights

If Italian new music seems a rather less adventurous place now than in previous decades, the emergence of composers such...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 04/2023

Review of LEVANON; MARTIN; POULENC; SHOSTAKOVICH Works For Pianos and Orchestra

LEVANON; MARTIN; POULENC; SHOSTAKOVICH Works For Pianos and Orchestra

MultiPiano Ensemble’s new album features new arrangements of works by Martin and Shostakovich approved by the composers’ families as well...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 04/2023

Review of KAPUSTIN Piano Concerto No 5. Concerto Op 104. Sinfonietta Op 49 (Frank Dupree)

KAPUSTIN Piano Concerto No 5. Concerto Op 104. Sinfonietta Op 49 (Frank Dupree)

The astonishing Frank Dupree here continues his Kapustin odyssey with the fifth of the composer’s six piano concertos, and two...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2023

Review of HAYDN Complete Symphonies, Vol. 27 (Klumpp)

HAYDN Complete Symphonies, Vol. 27 (Klumpp)

Johannes Klumpp continues sweeping up the remaining early symphonies in the Haydn cycle inaugurated by Thomas Fey almost a quarter...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2023

Review of HANDEL Concerti grossi Op 3; Op 6 (Dantone)

HANDEL Concerti grossi Op 3; Op 6 (Dantone)

Ravenna-based Accademia Bizantina and harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone have never been monogamous with record companies – their prolific discography has been...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 04/2023

Review of BRUCKNER Symphony No 8 (1887 Version. Poschner)

BRUCKNER Symphony No 8 (1887 Version. Poschner)

In 1887, after three years of work, Bruckner sent the completed score of the Eighth Symphony to the conductor Hermann...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 04/2023


 

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