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BEETHOVEN Sonatas for Violin and Piano Op 12 No 1; Op 24; Op 96 (Rachel Podger)

For her first recorded foray into Beethoven, Rachel Podger chooses three sonatas that suit her essentially collegial performance style. The...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2022

SIBELIUS Compete Symphonies (Mäkelä)

There’s something extraordinarily satisfying about embarking upon Sibelius’s entire symphonic journey in a single one-day sitting. The evolution and refining...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2022

Slatkin conducts Slatkin

Before specialising as a conductor, Leonard Slatkin studied composition with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco in Los Angeles, and he has remained active...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 04/2022

Move - The Trumpet As Movie Star

You might describe this entertaining disc as trumpeting (apologies) the extraordinary talents of Romain Leleu through a medium well used...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2022

America (Daniel Hope)

Daniel Hope was never just another violin virtuoso. His curiosity, his ability to think outside the box, to embrace passions...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2022

John Williams: The Berlin Concert

Viewers in the UK may have seen this Berlin Philharmonic concert on BBC Four in an unscheduled airing on Christmas...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 04/2022

WALTON 'A Centenary Celebration' Façade. Henry V

The appearance of this Somm release marks 100 years since the premiere of the brilliant 19-year-old William Walton’s Façade. It...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2022

VIVALDI L’estro armonico JS BACH Keyboard arrangements

We’re so familiar with Vivaldi these days that it’s easy to forget what an impact his first set of concertos,...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 04/2022

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 7 (Noseda)

There is much to commend in Noseda’s account of this most extraordinary symphony – and I speak as one whose...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2022

NIELSEN; SIBELIUS Violin Concertos (Johan Dalene)

Johan Dalene’s Nielsen Concerto was, to some extent, a known quantity. The young Swede won the Nielsen Competition in 2019...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2022

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