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BEETHOVEN Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (Bosch)

Marcus Bosch and his Heidenheim-based period band are coming to the end of their journey through Beethoven’s music for the...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2023

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1, 2 & 7 (Manacorda)

Antonello Manacorda describes the Kammerakademie Potsdam’s approach to Beethoven as a ‘merger’ between the worlds of modern instruments and period...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2023

JS BACH ‘Bach Transcriptions – Six Concertos for Violoncello Piccolo’

The grass is always greener: I’ve lost count of how many Bach transcriptions I’ve listened to over the past 12...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 02/2023

Toutes les nuits

There are some albums that I can’t seem to stop playing because I enjoy them so much. Then there are...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 02/2023

Francine Kay: Things Lived and Dreamt

Francine Kay commences this smartly programmed recital of Czech music with a reading of Janáček’s two-movement Sonata that is both...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2023

SCHNABEL Complete Vocal Works

Though Schnabel’s career and reputation as a pianist and pedagogue overshadow his compositions, creating music remained a lifelong pursuit. ‘Officially...

Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 02/2023

Uncovered, Vol 3

The first two recordings in the Catalyst Quartet’s project exploring and, in most cases, introducing music by Black composers focused...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 02/2023

FINBERG The Four Seasons of Isolation

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic affected musicians in many different ways. Some gave virtual recitals over Zoom, others composed...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2023

Alburnum

For his third solo album, the dynamic American baritone Brian Mulligan has turned to three 21st-century American composers who are...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 02/2023

STRAVINSKY Mavra TCHAIKOVSKY Iolanta (Ioffe)

BSO Recordings gave us no fewer than three winners at last year’s Awards, including Recording of the Year for the...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2023

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