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BOWEN; BRITTEN; HOLST Chamber Music With Viola

It was during his student days at the Royal Academy of Music that York Bowen (1884-1961) first struck up a...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2023

CPE BACH ‘Light and Darkness’ Flute Sonatas (Manuel Granatiero)

If the name Manuel Granatiero is new to you, you’re nevertheless likely to have heard his concerto appearances on several...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2023

BACEWICZ; SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets

The Dudok Quartet here offer us a pair of quartets from 1951, by Grażyna Bacewicz and Dmitry Shostakovich, and have...

Reviewed by Amy Blier-Carruthers in issue: 01/2023

ADAMS; CORIGLIANO; GLASS 'Icons'

To grasp the recent evolution of the American violin sonata, one need look no further than this excellent recording of...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2023

Tine Thing Helseth: Seraph

Tine Thing Helseth’s new album marries a number of works by contemporary composers for trumpet and string orchestra with several...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 01/2023

WALKER Sinfonias Nos 1, 4 & 5 (Welser-Möst; Noseda)

As orchestras make their programming more inclusive, I’m grateful they haven’t forgotten George Walker (1922-2018), a modernist whose music carries...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2023

STRAVINSKY Symphony in C. Symphony in Three Movements (Davis)

It’s easy to underestimate the depth and breadth of Andrew Davis’s repertoire and indeed his sterling qualities as a conductor...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2023

SIBELIUS The Tempest (Kamu)

This is welcome indeed: the first commercial recording of non-operatic repertoire from the world’s oldest orchestra for nearly 20 years...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2023

SCHUMANN The Symphonies (Barenboim)

Schumann is naturally a composer close to the heart of Daniel Barenboim’s repertoire, as pianist, chamber musician and conductor. To...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2023

SAUNDERS Skin

Void may seem an unappetising title for a work of art, evoking the biblical phrase about the newly created earth...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 01/2023

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