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BACH; BUSONI; BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas (Shiokawa)

Is it really more than 15 years since the previous ECM collaboration between violinist Yuuko Shiokawa and her pianist husband...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2018

Silver Voice: Opera Arias played by Flute and Orchestra

Katherine Bryan’s previous disc, ‘Silver Bow’ (11/15), saw the flautist tackle a series of string works rearranged for her instrument....

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2017

WEBER Clarinet Concerto. Grand duo concertant

Following discs of Brahms and Hindemith on Mirare, Raphaël Sévère – 21 at the time of this recording – turns...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2018

VIRTAPERKO Romer's Gap; Multikolor; Ambrosian Delights

Among younger Finnish composers, Olli Virtaperko (b1973) certainly ranks among the most striking, as is witnessed by the three concertos...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2018

TIPPETT Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

This disc launches the first 21st-century cycle of Tippett’s symphonies, and does so in great style. During the later years...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 01/2018

TCHAIKOVSKY Complete Symphonies Live in Concert

Good things, they say, come to those who wait. The first instalment of Vladimir Jurowski’s Tchaikovsky cycle – the Manfred...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 12/2017

STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben. Tod und Verklärung

This is the second release in a projected survey of Strauss tone poems from Kent Nagano and the Gothenburg Symphony...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2018

SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concertos. Works for Violin and Piano

I think these two discs are rather good. No. Rephrase that. I think they are exceptional. The point is that...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2017

SZYMANOWKSI Violin Concerto No 1 RAUTAVAARA Fantasia

There are elements of fantasy in both Karol Szymanowski’s heady Violin Concerto No 1 and Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane, but the...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2018

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 7. Lieutenant Kijé - Suite

Marin Alsop’s Prokofiev cycle has had its ups and downs. A particular highlight was the generous coupling of the 1947...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 01/2018

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