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STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto (Frank Peter Zimmermann; James Ehnes)

Not so long ago, in the words of writer and broadcaster Michael Oliver, Stravinsky’s elegant Concerto ‘generally sounded very nasty...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 02/2024

SIBELIUS Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkäinen (Mälkki)

BIS’s third recording of the four tone poems Sibelius based on the adventures of the hero Lemminkäinen from the Kalevala...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2024

SGAMBATI Sinfonia Festiva; Piano Concerto (la Vecchia)

It’s good to see the Sgambati Piano Concerto given another dusting. As the first Romantic piano concerto composed by someone...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2024

MESSIAEN Des canyons aux étoiles... (Morlot)

Although a Bicentennial commission and premiered in New York, Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles … (1971 74) has only latterly...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2024

LALO Orchestral Works (Järvi)

Conducting the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, of which he is Artistic Director for Life, in his native Tallinn, Neeme Järvi...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2024

DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances (Brauner)

Dvořák would probably be accused of cultural appropriation these days, but the critic Louis Ehlert took an altogether more generous...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2024

SCHUMANN; GRIEG Piano Concertos (Elisabeth Leonskaja)

Another Schumann/Grieg concertos coupling, anyone? After Lipatti, Kovacevich and countless others, what does this new one have to offer? Well,...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2024

CORELLI Concerti grossi Op 6 (Alessandro Tampieri)

From the outset these 12 concertos have always been beyond borders – created for diverse occasions in Rome, revised by...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2024

CHAUSSON; FRANCK Symphonies (Tingaud)

‘The sound of groaning cellos’ was how Stéphane Mallarmé evoked the Paris home of Ernest Chausson, though he might simply...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2024

BRUCKNER Symphony No 3 (Roth)

When Leopold Nowak’s edition of the original 1873 version of Bruckner’s Third Symphony was published in 1977, there was hope...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2024

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