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MAHLER Symphony No 2 (Gatti)

As Mahler symphonies have become better and better known over the years, so too has the pressure grown on his...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2017

HAYDN Violin Concertos Nos 1, 3 & 4

Haydn’s three authentic violin concertos fit ideally on a single disc and are an integral part of every aspiring fiddler’s arsenal....

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2017

CHADWICK Symphonic Sketches ELGAR Enigma Variations

Let me urge immediate investigation of George Whitefield Chadwick’s Symphonic Sketches (1895-1904), four colourful tableaux of red-blooded vigour, fresh-faced charm...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2017

BRITTEN; HINDEMITH Violin Concertos

If the most common coupling for Britten’s Violin Concerto is more Britten – most obviously the Piano Concerto, as for Mark...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017

BRAHMS Symphony No 2. Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Saraste)

As ever with Brahms’s D major Symphony there’s the loaded question: are we talking a thoughtful work with occasional sunbeams reaching...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2017

BORUP-JØRGENSEN Marin

Marin was both a beginning and an ending for the Danish composer Axel Borup-Jørgensen, who put so much of himself...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017

BIZET Carmen Suites. L'Arlésienne Suites

What could be more appropriate than a Spanish orchestra and conductor to add local colour to Ernest Guiraud’s suites arranged...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 12/2017

BIGHAM Staffa

There’s a rhythmic trick at work in the first of Ned Bigham’s Archipelago Dances Set 1, a wily spacing of the...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra. Dance Suite

How many labels still offer such generous repertoire-driven selections in physical format? Some years after Chandos released his successful Bartók...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2017

AHO Concerto for Soprano Saxophone. Quintet

BIS’s long-term commitment to the music of Kalevi Aho (impressive even by the standards of this label) continues with a disc...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2017

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