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ELGAR Enigma Variations. In the South (Petrenko)

Vasily Petrenko directs an admirably trim, affectionate and cannily paced Enigma, free of fussy intervention and marked by superb orchestral...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2019

DVOŘÁK; TCHAIKOVSKY Serenades for Strings (Piovano)

It’s difficult to imagine an album coupling these two works not being an enjoyable listen. And so it proves with...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2019

BRUCKNER Symphony No 6 (Ticciati)

After many years of being the least appreciated and performed of Bruckner’s mature symphonies, the Sixth seems to have finally...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2019

BRAHMS Symphony No 1. Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 (Järvi)

For what it’s worth, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen can boast as strong a claim as any other modern ensemble to...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2019

BENNETT Symphony No 1. Zodiac (Wilson)

As each instalment of John Wilson’s recorded tribute to his friend and mentor Richard Rodney Bennett is revealed, the realisation...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2019

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 (Jordan)

This has been, to date, a most distinguished Beethoven cycle, with keen-eared music-making, vividly and unobtrusively conducted, winning golden opinions...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 05/2019

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto (Haitink; Equilbey)

This new LSO Live disc brings together two of Bernard Haitink’s previously released recordings, presumably in honour of the conductor’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2019

Olga Peretyatko: Mozart +

There’s a neat concept behind Olga Peretyatko’s new disc: putting familiar Mozart arias in context by programming them alongside his...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2019

VERDI I Lombardi (Bosch)

Recorded at last year’s Heidenheim Festival, this audio-only version of Verdi’s fourth opera comes hard on the heels of Michele...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2019

THOMPSON The Mask in the Mirror

Richard Thompson’s chamber opera The Mask in the Mirror (2012) tells the story of the relationship between Paul Laurence Dunbar...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2019

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