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British Tone Poems Vol 2 (Gamba)

The biggest surprise about this second disc in Rumon Gamba’s series of British tone poems wasn’t the fact that it...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW2019

Fabiola Kim: 1939

The 1930s saw a larger number of front-rank violin concertos than any other decade, making Fabiola Kim’s collating of three...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW2019

WILLIAMS Across the Stars (Anne-Sophie Mutter)

The Yellow Label is pushing out the boat for John Williams, with ‘Across the Stars’ following in quick succession from...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: AW2019

STRAUSS Don Quixote. Cello Sonata

As I noted when reviewing violinist Arabella Steinbacher’s tribute to him earlier this year (Pentatone, 1/19), the output of Richard...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW2019

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 2 (Dong Hyek Lim)

The very opening of Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto is a good indicator of how the pianist views the piece and...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW2019

G PROKOFIEV Saxophone Concerto; Bass Drum Concerto

It seems impossible to discuss Gabriel Prokofiev’s music without some reference being made to his famous grandfather, Sergey Prokofiev. Yet...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW2019

Ning Feng: Virtuosismo

My reaction to this release is more or less the same as to the one I reviewed three years ago...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2019

MONTERO; RAVEL Piano Concertos

As person and pianist, Gabriela Montero has always been unequivocal in outlook and it is little surprise she has turned...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW2019

MAHLER Symphony No 1 (Jansons)

Following the example of Berlioz (and before him Beethoven in the Pastoral), the central subject of the First Symphony (and...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW2019

KROGULSKI Piano Concerto (Howard Shelley)

Nelson Goerner introduced me (and, I suspect, 99.9 per cent of Gramophone readers) to the name of Józef Krogulski (1815...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2019

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