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BARTÓK Sonata for 2 Pianos HINDSON Pulse Magnet

Let’s start in the middle: Matthew Hindson’s piece is fun, kicking off with a lusty ‘one, a-two, a-one-two-three-four!’ which leads...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2015

Intermezzi del Verismo

This is a puzzling issue in some respects, as well as an unsatisfactory one. In essence, it’s an old-fashioned disc...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2015

DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings SUK Serenade HERBERT 3 Pieces

A year or two ago I watched a fascinating Supraphon documentary about the great Czech conductor Václav Talich who, towards...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2015

TROTIGNON Piano Concerto 'Different Spaces'

Born in 1974, the brilliant French jazz composer/pianist Baptiste Trotignon has already won many plaudits both as a gifted solo...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2015

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

Does The Rite of Spring still have the power to shock? Seeing the Mariinsky Ballet reconstruction of the original ballet...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2015

SIBELIUS Humoresques

Sibelius’s Two Pieces, Op 77, were on my wish list for recording projects in the composer’s anniversary year, so it’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2015

SIBELIUS Swanwhite: The Lizard - Complete Incicental Music

The penultimate instalment in this absorbing series launches with what is only the second-ever complete recording of the original score...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2015

SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2

The catalogue isn’t exactly short of fine recordings of the two Shostakovich cello concertos. But Gautier Capuçon immediately shows that...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2015

SCHMITT Antoine et Clepoatre

With his reputation irrevocably tarnished by his far right politics, Florent Schmitt is one of the more problematic figures of...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2015

SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 5

Louis Schwizgebel is the Swiss-Chinese pianist (b1987) who was awarded second prize at the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition and...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2015

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