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Estonian Premieres

We have had Shostakovich and Tüür (3/18, 6/20) from Paavo Järvi’s exceptional and distinctive orchestra combining all-star continental European principals...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 09/2022

XIAOGANG YE Sichuan Image

This is BIS’s third album of music by Shanghai-born Xiaogang Ye, this time featuring music originally composed for film. Sichuan...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 09/2022

WILMS The Piano Concertos, Vol 1 (Ronald Brautigam)

Johann Wilhelm Wilms was born near Cologne in 1772. That’s just two years after Beethoven, and only 50 or so...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2022

WEILL Symphony No 2. Violin Concerto (Tomás Kocsis)

No one ever needs to convince me of Kurt Weill’s importance in the great scheme of music. Not just in...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 09/2022

STRAVINSKY The Firebird. The Rite of Spring. Symphony in E flat (Jurowski)

The early evolution of Stravinsky from fledgling to Firebird feels like the most natural thing in the world as one...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 09/2022

SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos 8 & 9 (Blomstedt. Jacobs)

Here’s an exercise in comparisons, and not necessarily the ones you might expect. Herbert Blomstedt makes his DG debut at...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2022

SCHOENBERG Kammersymphonie WEBERN Symphonie (Holliger)

The key works of early 20th-century modernism can often seem as challenging today as one imagines they were when new....

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 09/2022

RESPIGHI Pini di Roma. Impressioni brasiliane. Belkis, regina di Saba (Crudele)

As my recent Collection (3/22) demonstrated, we’re not exactly short of recordings of Respighi’s Pines of Rome. Most of them...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 09/2022

REICH Reich/Richter

Although Steve Reich’s music is often compared with the visual paintings and sculptures of like-minded artists such as Sol LeWitt,...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2022

MESSIAEN Oiseaux Exotiques RAVEL Piano Concerto SCHOENBERG Piano Concerto (Francesco Piemontesi)

Whether or not these three iconic 20th-century piano-orchestral masterpieces have previously appeared together on a single CD, it’s a wonderful...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2022

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