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ALFVÉN Symphony No 1

Hugo Alfvén regarded his Symphony No 1 (1896) as the first ‘written in the Swedish language’. As vague a concept...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 06/2018

BARTÓK Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (Tetzlaff)

Ondine’s new Bartók CD is an out-and-out winner; but, having in the past praised numerous versions of these two works,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2018

BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 (Vogt)

Lars Vogt would seem to have kept the best until last in this series of Beethoven concerto recordings with the...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 05/2018

VIVALDI The Four Seasons (Podger)

It feels slightly unoriginal to begin a review by quoting that old adage, ‘the best things come to those who...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2018

REICH Drumming

The Colin Currie Group was formed in 2006 for a Prom that included Steve Reich’s Drumming. If you attended the...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 05/2018

Ryutaro Suzuki plays Scarlatti, Ravel, Mozart and Liszt

The Japanese pianist Ryutaro Suzuki will be 28 this year. Since 2008 he has studied at the Paris Conservatoire, the...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2018

Elena Gaponenko: Opus 8

For her second recording, the Russian pianist and cellist Elena Gaponenko plays a virtuoso solo piano recital on disc 1...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2018

James Rhodes: Fire on All Sides

The London-born pianist James Rhodes has established a strong presence on YouTube and in other media in recent years. His...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2018

SCHUMANN Piano Works (Uhlig)

The 11th disc in Florian Uhlig’s 15-volume survey of Schumann’s piano music concentrates on works with connections to ETA Hoffmann,...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 05/2018

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata. Six Moments Musicaux

Barry Douglas continues his Schubert traversal with the most overtly Beethovenian of Schubert sonatas, the C minor, D958, whose muscular...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2018

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