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Concurrence

Three of the works on this superbly performed and recorded CD are purely orchestral and could be described as tone...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2020

Boston Symphony Commissions

By no means synonymous with new music, Andris Nelsons has yet maintained the Boston Symphony’s illustrious track record for commissions...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2020

WINBECK Complete Symphonies

That Heinz Winbeck (1946-2019) was relatively unknown outside his native Germany only confirms the lack of recognition accorded Austro-German symphonism...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2020

VIVALDI Concerti per Violino VII 'Per il castello'

If Ottavio Dantone and his Accademia Bizantina aren’t already ringing bells of recognition in your heads for the many fine...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 03/2020

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto (Daniel Lozakovich)

Following Daniel Lozakovich’s acclaimed DG debut (8/18), this Tchaikovsky album brings his artistry into sharper focus. The Concerto was recorded...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2020

SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos 4 & 6 (Elder)

This Sibelius Fourth reminded me of the reaction to the symphony’s first performance in April 1911 from the critic Bis,...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2020

SAINT-SAËNS Ascanio (Märkl)

The main work in Jun Märkl and the Malmö Symphony’s survey of Saint-Saëns rarities is the Act 3 ballet from...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2020

MAHLER Symphony No 4 (Vänskä)

Let me say straight away that Vänskä is temperamentally far better suited to the pristine, childlike world of the Fourth...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020

TOMBELLE Musique De Chambre, Chorale et Symphonique

Fernand de La Tombelle (1854-1928), the subject of Palazzetto Bru Zane’s latest composer portrait, was best known in his lifetime...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2020

KAPP; LEMBA; LÜDIG 'Estonian Orchestral Works'

This is a fascinating survey of Estonian orchestral music by composers born towards the end of the 19th century showing...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2020

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