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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonies Nos 2 & 4 (Järvi)

Paavo Järvi and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra continue their exploration of Tchaikovsky with the neglected Second Symphony and the iconic...

Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 06/2021

STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben. Burleske (Bertrand Chamayou)

The two performances on this often remarkable album were recorded almost three years apart, with Heldenleben taped live in Rome,...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2021

SIMPSON Symphonies Nos 5 & 6

The year 1972 was a cracking one for symphonies – more especially for what might be called symphonies against the...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 06/2021

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 11 (Inbal)

You would expect a seasoned Mahlerian such as Eliahu Inbal to offer an emotive response to this extraordinary symphony but...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2021

RÓZYCKI; TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concertos (Janusz Wawrowsk)

The press release for this disc reads like a wartime thriller. A violin concerto, composed during the summer of 1944...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2021

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 5 (Rouvali)

These days Finnish or Finnish-trained conductors come in all shapes and sizes. That said, the boisterous physicality of Santtu-Matias Rouvali...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2021

MAHLER Symphony No 2 (Fischer)

As Adám Fischer’s Düsseldorf Mahler cycle has evolved, a clearer picture has emerged of his choices and priorities. He’s a...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2021

HOSOKAWA Lotus under the moonlight MOZART Piano Concerto No 23 (Momo Kodama)

This is a rather belated release of a live 2006 concert that pairs a new Mozart-inspired work, receiving its Japanese...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 06/2021

EÖTVÖS Alhambra Concerto STRAVINSKY Le sacre du printemps (Isabelle Faust)

There are many points of contact between Peter Eötvös’s Third Violin Concerto Alhambra (here receiving its premiere recording) and Stravinsky’s...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2021

Orion Weiss: Piano Protagonists

I can offer two possible reasons why it took around seven decades for Korngold’s 1923 Concerto for the Left Hand...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2021

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