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Encores After Beethoven

I’ve enjoyed this enormously. The recordings – all live at the Zurich Tonhalle, with applause – are issued for the...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 02/2017

Bach to the Future 2

It’s not often that you can say that a commission, or set of commissions, fills a genuine hole in the...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2017

LISZT Hungarian Rhapsodies (Complete)

In 1968 Alfred Brendel shrewdly observed of Liszt’s Rhapsodies, ‘these are the pieces we perhaps have the most to make...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 02/2017

BLOCH Solo Cello Suites. DALLAPICCOLA Ciaccona

Despite the appeal and popularity of Bloch’s Schelomo, his three solo cello suites have not been widely recorded. They were...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 02/2017

SIMPSON The Four Seasons

Christopher Simpson’s The Four Seasons is an unusual thing. Each season lasts about 15-20 minutes and consists of a Fancy...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2017

SCHUBERT String Quartets D703, D887

Here we have a follow-up to the Doric’s acclaimed 2012 disc pairing the Rosamunde and Death and the Maiden, this...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2017

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 1. The Tempest

Victoria, Monteverdi, Carter, Boulez and a great deal in between: Pablo Heras-Casado is one of those conductors, not common in...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2017

New South American Discoveries

These eight composers represent six Latin American nations, yet there are ties that draw their disparate voices together. The most...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2017

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

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