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BEETHOVEN Complete Symphonies (Janowski)

Listening to this new Beethoven symphony cycle alongside Jukka-Pekka Saraste’s (Profil, 6/19), it’s difficult to believe one’s hearing the same...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2021

BEETHOVEN Symphonies 4-6 BARRY Conquest of Ireland (Adès)

I found Thomas Adès and the Britten Sinfonia’s interpretations in the first volume of their Beethoven cycle (7/20)unrelentingly hard-driven, so...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2021

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 1. Symphonic Dances (Nézet-Séguin)

There can be no underestimating the extraordinary legacy surrounding Rachmaninov and Philadelphia. That he composed the Third Symphony and Symphonic...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 02/2021

The Singing Guitar

Conspirare’s new recording featuring the Austin-based choral group and three guitar quartets bookends impressive large-scale works by Nico Muhly and...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 01/2021

CERVETTI Mortal Dreams

Sergio Cervetti (b1940) turned 80 last year (his birthday fell on November 9) and remains as active as ever, evident...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2021

Duo Stephanie & Saar: Cavatine

The late Leon Fleisher encouraged Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia to explore Beethoven’s string quartets in four-hand arrangements for performing...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2021

BEETHOVEN Complete Violin Sonatas (Jerilyn Jorgensen)

Numerous recordings of Beethoven’s complete sonatas for piano and violin are available in performances from the first half of the...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 01/2021

WEINBERG Wir Gratulieren! (Congratulations!)

It’s probably fair to say that Weinberg isn’t best known for his comic gifts. Yet dozens of his film scores...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2021

STRADELLA Il Trespolo tutore (de Carlo)

Previous issues in The Stradella Project, of which this is the sixth, have all been praised in these pages. Il...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2021

Lawrence Brownlee & Michael Spyres: Amici E Rivali

At first glance the title ‘Friends and Rivals’ seems to allude to the two tenors, Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres,...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2021

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