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Review of STRAUSS Josephslegende (Bollon)

STRAUSS Josephslegende (Bollon)

Josephslegende, the first of Strauss’s two ballets, was composed to a scenario by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and the Anglo-German count...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2024

Review of SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 8 (Haitink)

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 8 (Haitink)

The obvious question is why it has taken more than 17 years for Haitink’s second recording of Shostakovich’s wartime colossus...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2024

Review of RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain (Pappano)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain (Pappano)

Early in his tenure as music director of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano made some very...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2024

Review of PROKOFIEV Symphony No 3 (Noseda)

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 3 (Noseda)

This is the third and best release in the ongoing Prokofiev symphony cycle from the LSO and its principal guest...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2024

Review of NIELSEN Flute Concerto. Symphony No 3. Pan and Syrinx (Gardner)

NIELSEN Flute Concerto. Symphony No 3. Pan and Syrinx (Gardner)

A near-perfect combo of works spanning the length and breadth of Carl Nielsen’s life’s work. The tone poem Pan and...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2024

Review of HAYDN Symphonies Vols 28-31 (Klumpp)

HAYDN Symphonies Vols 28-31 (Klumpp)

Like a sprinter lurching forwards to breast the tape, Johannes Klumpp announces that last spring he recorded the remaining symphonies...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2024

Review of FALLA El Retablo de Maese Pedro; STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite (Heras-Casado)

FALLA El Retablo de Maese Pedro; STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite (Heras-Casado)

The best music effects a kind of time travel on the ear. Turn to the slow movement of the Harpsichord...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2024

Review of DVOŘÁK Symphonies Nos 7 & 8 (Inkinen)

DVOŘÁK Symphonies Nos 7 & 8 (Inkinen)

Pietari Inkinen has been building an impressive career without the intense media scrutiny accorded some of his Finnish colleagues. While...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2024

Review of DELIUS Hassan – Complete incidental music (Phillips)

DELIUS Hassan – Complete incidental music (Phillips)

Delius lovers will already cherish the Intermezzo and Serenade from Hassan as extracted and edited by Thomas Beecham for use...

Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 05/2024

Review of BRITTEN Violin Concerto (Isabelle Faust)

BRITTEN Violin Concerto (Isabelle Faust)

Hot on the heels of Baiba Skride’s exhilarating account of Britten’s Violin Concerto comes this one from Isabelle Faust in...

Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 05/2024


 

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