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BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte MOZART Masonic Cantata

An English Peter Schreier, albeit with a sweeter timbre, Mark Padmore combines an acute intelligence with an unvarnished directness in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2015

Live from the Philharmonie

The Philharmonie de Paris, Western Europe’s newest concert hall, is about as far from the centre of France’s capital as...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05

MARTINŮ; STRAVINSKY; SHOSTAKOVICH; POULENC Music for Two Pianos

The Serbian-born sisters Lidija and Sanja Bizjak have devised a clever programme, pairing two concertos for two pianos and orchestra...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 05/2015

WEINBERG Violin Concerto. Symphony No 4

Back in the mid-1970s, HMV included these two works among the carefully selected Soviet repertoire they issued on licence from...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 05/2015

WALTON Symphony No 2. Cello Concerto

Edward Gardner directs a superbly perceptive account of Walton’s Second Symphony, exhilarating in its purposeful thrust yet never flinching from...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2015

VIVALDI I concerti dell'addio

The fusion of elegance, vivacity and taste in the playing of these Vivaldi concertos is a feature that warmly recommends...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 05/2015

VIVALDI The Four Seasons

As I write, the Australian Chamber Orchestra are touring Australia with The Four Seasons interspersed (seasoned?) by contributions from oud...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 05/2015

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphonies Nos 4 & 8

Both conductors – Ryan Wigglesworth (in No 4) and Vladimir Jurowski (No 8) – make a strong case for these...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2015

TELEMANN Concertos and Suites

Although this disc is entitled ‘Concertos and Suites’, and there are indeed two of each, the concerto element is in...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2015

STRAUSS 4 Last Songs. Alpeinsinfonie

Christian Thielemann has already recorded Strauss’s Alpensinfonie twice – with the Vienna Philharmonic, once on CD (DG, 6/01) and once...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2015

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