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András Schiff: The V International Tchaikovsky Competition

Given his stature as a philosopher/pianist and his public comments disparaging piano contests, it is easy to forget that András...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2017

VIVALDI The Four Seasons JIRÁNEK Violin Concerto

It’s a funny thing that, while we may bang on about how difficult it is to release a really distinctive...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2017

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending (Jennifer Pike)

Top billing on Naxos’s cover goes to The Lark Ascending but the main interest for RVW aficionados surrounds the first...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2017

TISHCHENKO Symphony No 8. Concerto for Violin and Piano

Boris Tishchenko’s last numbered symphony, composed two years before his death in 2010 (a ninth was left unfinished), is a...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2017

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonies Nos 4-6

In a foreword to the booklet-notes for this new BIS release, superstar trombonist and composer turned conductor Christian Lindberg writes...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 02/2017

STRAVINSKY The Firebird NIKOLAEV The Sinewaveland

Ludovic Morlot has garnered great reviews with the Seattle Symphony and it’s clear to hear why in a fine, purposeful...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2017

SMETANA Má Vlast

In a market crammed with recordings of Má vlast – several as historically significant as they are musically penetrating –...

Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 02/2017

SHOSTAKOVICH; TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concertos

Although not trumpeted anywhere on the sleeve, the booklet-notes claim Linus Roth’s recording as ‘the original echt Tchaikovsky version’ of...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2017

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Of this pairing of Shostakovich’s two violin concertos, it is Frank Peter Zimmermann’s performance of the First which will raise...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2017

SCHUMANN Cello Concerto. Symphony No 2

The album’s title implies some form of pioneering research but in fact indicates that Jan Vogler, Intendant of the Dresden...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2017

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