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KHACHATURIAN The Concertante Works for Piano (Iyad Sughayer)

Khachaturian lost out to himself in the Stalin Prize stakes of 1940. His ambitious Piano Concerto looked like a sure...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 11/2022

ĶENIÑŠ Symphonies Nos 2, 3 & 7 (Poga)

This release concludes Ondine’s edition of the symphonies by Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919-2008) who, born in Latvia and educated in Paris,...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2022

HELLENDAAL 6 Grand Concertos

I am astounded that on this recording there are only two cellists and a single bassist in the orchestra of...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 11/2022

HAYDN Cello Concertos HINDEMITH Trauermusik (Christian Poltéra)

There is of course no way that Christian Poltéra could have known, when he chose to pair the cello concertos...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2022

DVORÁK Legends. Czech Suite (Măcelaru)

Like the Slavonic Dances before them, Dvořák’s Legends sound and feel as if they were born into an orchestra. Piano...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2022

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Orchestral works

Only fitting that the ever-resourceful Chineke! should kick off a brand new contract with Decca celebrating Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Listening to...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2022

BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Fischer)

Almost a decade after the release of his recording of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony (8/14), Iván Fischer has now turned his...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 11/2022

BRUCKNER Symphony No 4 (Rattle)

This exceptional new recording of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony is the more remarkable when one considers...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2022

BRAHMS Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Luisi)

‘It will be intimate Brahms with a lot of grandeur, and this is what counts for me’, says Fabio Luisi...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2022

BERG Violin Concertos (Christian Tetzlaff; James Ehnes)

Riches indeed to have not one but two accounts of the Berg Concerto. James Ehnes and Christian Tetzlaff are unquestionably...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2022

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