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Daniel Hope: Escape to Paradise

For ‘Escape to Paradise’, Daniel Hope has brought together two generations of composers who were and are linked indelibly to...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2014

Venice: The Golden Age

It is always a pleasure to hear the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, whatever they play. I say this because...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2014

Jeanne Lamon: Baroque Virtuoso

To commemorate Jeanne Lamon’s 33 years as Music Director of the Toronto-based Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, this issue is a compilation...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 10/2014

YSAŸE Harmonies Du Soir Et Autres Poèmes

Ysaÿe’s six sonatas for solo violin are well represented on disc. Not so his concertante works – more than 16...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2014

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto ARENSKY String Quartet No 2

Hard on the heels of Philippe Graffin’s refreshing new slant on the Tchaikovsky Concerto comes a comparably communicative rival version...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2014

J STRAUSS II Orchestral Works

Not since Ferenc Fricsay and Carlos Kleiber have I heard better-prepared performances of Strauss family perennials. Granted that Clemens Krauss...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2014

SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

Rob Cowan reviewed the first volume of Heinz Holliger’s Schumann symphony cycle last December and concluded that, as it continued,...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2014

SAWYERS Cello Concerto. Symphony No 2

Here are three recent works of strong personality, genuine substance and warm-hearted integrity by a composer entirely new to me....

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2014

REVUELTAS La Noche de los Mayas TRIGOS Concerto No 2

Revueltas composed his music for the film La noche de los Mayas (his sixth film score) in 1939. While Chano...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2014

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 2 STRAUSS Burleske

Valerie Tryon’s second disc for Somm once more distils her very recognisable virtues. Whether in Rachmaninov, Richard Strauss or Dohnányi,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2014

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