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Review of FUCHS Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Wilson)

FUCHS Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Wilson)

John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London continue their exploration of the orchestral works of Kenneth Fuchs in a second...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 07/2024

Review of Renaud Capuçon: Gabriel Fauré

Renaud Capuçon: Gabriel Fauré

The flow of recordings marking this centenary year of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) may be now well under way but the...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2024

Review of ENESCU Symphonies Nos 1 - 3. Romanian Rhapsodies Nos 1 & 2 (Măcelaru)

ENESCU Symphonies Nos 1 - 3. Romanian Rhapsodies Nos 1 & 2 (Măcelaru)

Enescu’s three numbered symphonies were composed between 1905 and 1918 and, although demonstrating an eclectic range of influences, reflect the...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2024

Review of ELGAR Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Elder)

ELGAR Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Elder)

Currently enjoying his 24th and final season as music director of the Hallé, Mark Elder has already given us painstakingly...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2024

Review of ELCOCK Symphony No 8. Violin Concerto (Zoe Beyers)

ELCOCK Symphony No 8. Violin Concerto (Zoe Beyers)

The fifth release in Kenneth Woods and the English Symphony Orchestra’s groundbreaking ‘21st Century Symphony Project’ focuses on Steve Elcock...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2024

Review of BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Hrůša)

BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Hrůša)

It used to irk me when young pianists chose to include Beethoven’s last piano sonata in their debut recordings. It...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2024

Review of BRUCKNER Symphony No 5 (Shani)

BRUCKNER Symphony No 5 (Shani)

Lahav Shani’s recording of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony was warmly welcomed by Richard Osborne in these pages last year (8/23), and...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2024

Review of Earth, Sea, Air: British Music for Cello and Orchestra (Laura van der Heijden)

Earth, Sea, Air: British Music for Cello and Orchestra (Laura van der Heijden)

If one were asked to sum up young British cellist Laura van der Heijden’s career to date, then beyond its...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2024

Review of BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto

Few concertos establish a more vivid sense of anticipation than Beethoven does at the start of his Triple Concerto, a...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2024

Review of BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 'Eroica'. Coriolan (Fischer)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 'Eroica'. Coriolan (Fischer)

After the heroic first movement and the tragic second, writes Iván Fischer in a brief foreword to this new Budapest...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2024


 

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