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BACEWICZ; ENESCU; YSAŸE Music for Strings

Three string-playing composers who hailed from the same Franco-Belgian school of string pedagogy – this album from John Wilson’s Sinfonia...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2024

MAHLER Symphony No 6 (Rattle)

The autumn of Simon Rattle’s illustrious career continues to deliver in abundance. This deeply impressive account of Mahler’s harrowing Sixth...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2024

Kay Kyung Eun Kim: Soundscape

The Korean pianist Kay Kyung Eun Kim, a champion of contemporary works and innovative keyboard techniques, offers pieces by three...

Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 04/2024

SIMON Tales - A Folklore Symphony

‘Tales is an exploration of African American folklore and Afrofuturist stories’, Carlos Simon writes in the booklet note for this...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2024

REALE 'American Mosaic'

Out of an opening cry and terse introduction, Kim Cook rises magnificently in Paul Reale’s Cello Concerto against a landscape...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 04/2024

American Counterpoints

So many composers have been neglected in concert halls and opera houses due to prejudice that devoted musicians have decided...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 04/2024

KARCHIN 'Keyboards/Winds'

>Like most earthlings during the coronavirus pandemic, Louis Karchin had an inordinate amount of time on his hands. He responded...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 04/2024

ROSSINI Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra (Fogliani)

Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra was an important turning point, both in Rossini’s career and in the development of serious opera in...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 03/2024

MASCAGNI Cavalleria rusticana (Hengelbrock)

Here’s a Cavalleria rusticana with a difference. Not only do Thomas Hengelbrock and his Balthasar Neumann forces offer historically informed...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2024

CIMAROSA L'Italiana in Londra (Hussain)

Premiered at Rome’s Teatro Valle in 1779, Cimarosa’s breezy intermezzo comico L’italiana in Londra made his European reputation. Playing on...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2024

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