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EÖTVÖS Concertos

Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s recording of Peter Eötvös’s seven (2006) made a strong impression (Recording of the Year in the 2013 Awards)...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 06/2015

DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto. Romance. Sonatina

The Austrian violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger, together with his Czech colleagues, achieves here some inspiring results. Benefiting from crisp, beautifully...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 06/2015

DUBOIS Symphony No 2. Messe Pontificale

The first bars of this set are so startling that you momentarily suspect that there must have been a mistake....

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2015

O DAVIS Flight. Voyager. Airborne Dances

Mainly set down in one session, Oliver Davis’s ‘Flight’ is a loose concept built around the violin-playing of Kerenza Peacock....

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2015

CASTIGLIONI La Buranella. Altisonanza

Three facets of Castiglioni’s homage to the past are represented on this disc from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, joined...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 06/2015

BRUCKNER Symphony No 3

To recap: in Gramophone’s March 2015 issue, I nominated Bruckner’s Third Symphony as his most problematic score and suggested that...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 06/2015

BRIAN Symphonies Nos 9, 19 & 27

This disc is something special. It features some of Brian’s most attractive scores – including one of my very favourites,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2015

BRAHMS; BRUCH Violin Concertos

Apart from bearing the title ‘Timeless’ and including several moody photos of David Garrett, this issue has no links to...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 06/2015

BOCCHERINI; HAYDN Las Passione

‘Even when not written out, a single bassoon is always present to double the basses. There was certainly no harpsichord...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 06/2015

JS BACH; SCHNITTKE Concertos for 2 Violins

The Nemtanu sisters – Sarah, leader of the French National Orchestra, and Deborah, leader of the Paris Chamber Orchestra –...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2015

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