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Paris joyeux & triste

Personally, I’ve never been convinced that Stravinsky’s transcription of his 1938 chamber-orchestra piece Dumbarton Oaks does his music (as opposed...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 03/2016

MARTUCCI. PADEREWSKI Piano Concertos

Great, I thought: Nelson Goerner playing the Paderewski concerto – that should be a magnificent match. It’s still an underrated...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2016

LINDBERG Cello Concerto No 2

The most significant piece here – in scale and ambition if not duration – is Era, written for the Royal...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2016

HAYDN Symphonies Nos 78 - 81

This is a quietly unusual coupling of Haydn symphonies. Unusual in that No 78 seems more likely to appear with...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 03/2016

Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

This opulently arrayed set presents a record and film of Claudio Abbado’s final concert with the Berlin Philharmonic, recorded a...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2016

Woodwinds of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

During the 19th century, the wind quintet and its repertoire became firmly established. In the early 20th century, composers explored...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2016

NIELSEN; SENSTIUS; EMBORG; SCHULTZ Quintets

If everyone approached an anniversary year like Carion and Odradek have here, our listening would be infinitely richer. The disc...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2016

VASKS String Quartets 2 & 5

Wergo’s booklet-notes seem to hint at the prospect of a complete cycle of Vasks’s string quartets from this accomplished ensemble...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2016

TIPPETT String Quartets

Less forcefully than The Lindsays, yet with more momentum than the Tippett Quartet on Naxos, the Heath Quartet’s Tippett exemplifies...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2016

RÖNTGEN String Trios Nos 9 - 12

Julius Röntgen’s not-entirely undeserved reputation for composing too much may lead unwary listeners to pass by this third instalment of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2016

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