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SULLIVAN L’ile Enchantée (John Andrews)

Another generous programme of Sullivan from John Andrews on Dutton, and at first glance it appears as if most of...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2022

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos 6 & 9 (Lloyd-Gonzalez)

Shostakovich’s Sixth and Ninth symphonies clearly belong together – flipsides of the same coin, the composer wrong-footing the Soviet establishment...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2022

SCHUBERT Overtures and Orchestral Works (Holliger)

How best to respond to a musical fragment? The musicologist’s approach is to order the sketches as coherently as possible,...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2022

SCHMITT Piano Concertos (Howard Shelley)

Eighty-four down, and still counting. Yet again Hyperion has colonised a corner of the Romantic repertoire that others have not...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2022

PETTERSSON Symphony No 15. Viola Concerto

With this release, only four of Allan Pettersson’s symphonies remain for Christian Lindberg to record: Nos 3, 8, 10 and...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2022

NORDIN Emerging from Currents and Waves

Here is plenty to occupy those prone to speculating on the future of orchestral music. Swedish composer Jesper Nordin (not...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 10/2022

MOZART Violin Concertos, Vol 2 (Francesca Dego)

The traditional view is that Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto, K216, represents a huge leap forward in inventiveness after the more...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2022

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 24 & 17 (Éric Le Sage)

For his first recording of Mozart concertos, Éric Le Sage, in the company of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra and oboist/conductor...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2022

GUERRA-PEIXE Symphonic Suites No. 1 and 2. Roda de Amigos

César Guerra-Peixe (1914-93) was, as well as a prolific composer, a great promoter of Brazilian folk music, and carried out...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 10/2022

CORIGLIANO 'To Music'

John Corigliano is not, as he would admit, a natural symphonist. With so many great symphonies already penned by others,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2022

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