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VIVALDI Bassoon Concertos (Sergio Azzolini)

Believe it or not, but after the violin, the instrument Vivaldi wrote the most concertos for was the bassoon. There...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2021

SULLIVAN Ballet Music (Penny)

A welcome transfer from Marco Polo to Naxos for this enterprising Sullivan coupling that originally appeared in 1992. First heard...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2021

SUCKLING This Departing Landscape

Those who follow new music in the UK will likely have come across Martin Suckling (b1981) with his impressive song-cycle...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2021

RESPIGHI Orchestral transcriptions (Neschling)

While Ottorino Respighi’s cinematic ‘Roman Trilogy’ pushes for a dramatic use of vivid orchestral colours, his various visits to other...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2021

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2 (Rattle)

The London Symphony Orchestra have a kind of ownership on this piece. The era of André Previn and his and...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2021

MOZART The complete Multipiano Concertos; Oboe Concertos

Two discs of works by Mozart for solo instruments and orchestra, but with none of the usual suspects – and...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2021

MAHLER Symphony No 10 (Vänskä)

After an uncertain start, Osmo Vänskä’s Mahler cycle has been winning wider acclaim. No doubt it’s the more forward-looking works...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2021

CARTER Ballets (Rose)

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project has been making a signal contribution to American music, with this new disc no exception....

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2021

BRUCKNER Symphony No 6 (Jansons)

Previously only available in BR-Klassik’s set of Jansons’s recordings of Symphonies Nos 3, 4 and 6-9, reviewed by Rob Cowan...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2021

BERG Violin Concerto (Gil Shaham)

All three of these performances are live, the Violin Concerto and Seven Early Songs captured in 2018, while the Three...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2021

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