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MOZART Horn Concertos (Alec Frank-Gemmill)

Mozart’s horn concertos are a repertoire rite of passage for any player of the instrument. One recording – by Dennis...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2025

LISZT Piano Concertos (Yoav Levanon)

Is it wise for the controversial 20-year-old Yoav Levanon to try so hard to emulate Liszt – to the point...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 01/2025

HAYDN Symphonies Nos 90, 94 & 98 (Antonini)

‘The Surprise’ might seem a superfluous title for a programme of Haydn symphonies. But these three works do each contain...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2025

FASCH Orchestral Works Vol 4

In their continuing series of orchestral works by Johann Friedrich Fasch, Philadelphia-based baroque band Tempesta di Mare are doing the...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2025

DVOŘÁK Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 (Martin)

When David Patrick Stearns reviewed the first release on the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s own label – Debussy and Strauss orchestral...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2025

DENNEHY Land of Winter

Donnacha Dennehy’s first album for Nonesuch, ‘Grá agus Bás’ (8/11), engaged with Ireland’s rich cultural and musical heritage, while his...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2025

COULT 'Pieces that Disappear'

As suggested by this album’s title, Tom Coult’s compositions often engage with presence and absence – especially how music shapes...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2025

BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos (Alexander Lonquich)

In his booklet note, pianist and conductor Alexander Lonquich writes that this recording grew out of his long and cordial...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2025

VIVALDI Sacro Furore: Stabat Mater, Nisi Dominus, Concerti

It’s an exciting and bold statement to release such a well-explored programme, a move that invites multiple comparisons, and in...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 01/2025

HAILSTORK Chamber Works

The Harlem Chamber Players – a collective of several dozen musicians named after the Upper Manhattan community they serve –...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 01/2025

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