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SAINT-SAËNS Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

Jean Martinon’s recordings of all five Saint-Saëns symphonies with the Orchestre National de l’ORTF remain a benchmark, having survived in...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2015

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition, Songs and Dances of Death

There are now at least 20 orchestrations of Mussorgsky’s Pictures, a good half of which have been recorded, but Ravel’s...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 04/2015

MOZART Violin Concerto No 5

Having previously heard Vilde Frang playing Romantic and 20th-century music, I was delighted to discover that the vitality and sense...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 04/2015

MOSS D'un silence... Clarinet Concerto

Chances are that Piotr Moss is the most notable living French composer born in Poland. Now in his mid-sixties, he...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 04/2015

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 2

Putting this CD on ‘blind’, and not expecting a CD fill-up to this of all symphonies, the gently sustained opening...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2015

HAYDN Symphonies Nos 57, 67 & 68

Nicholas McGegan and his San Francisco-based forces delve into a trio of symphonies that have been largely neglected outside of...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2015

HAYDN Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 11. Piano Sonatas

Anne-Marie McDermott relishes Haydn’s fingery writing in this selection of sonatas and concertos, vividly inflecting phrases and taking an imaginative...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2015

GEMINIANI La Follia HANDEL Armida abbandonata

There is no direct evidence that Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) studied with Corelli in Rome. We can safely say he was...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 04/2015

FUJIKURA Time Unlocked. Vanishing Point

Dai Fujikura (b1977) is a prolific composer with an already impressive discography, his work having been performed by ensembles throughout...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2015

Alexander Krichel plays Chopin, Hummel & Mozart

Four works for piano and orchestra by Chopin, Mozart and Hummel on a single disc. Different. Intriguing. Sony signed Alexander...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2015

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