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Xuefei Yang: Sketches of China

Truth, fantasy, boldness and delicacy. Listening to Chinese classical guitarist Xuefei Yang’s latest album is like watching a parade of...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 11/2020

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 5. Francesca di Rimini (Järvi)

On the cover of this Tchaikovsky Fifth, a smiling Paavo Järvi seems to indicate that all will be well. And...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2020

TAVENER No Longer Mourn For Me (Steven Isserlis)

Here is a disc that proves to be much more than the sum of its parts. At first sight, it...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2020

SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (Hughes)

Like Edward Seckerson, I was greatly impressed by the recent recording of Sibelius’s First Symphony conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Here...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 11/2020

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 11 (Jurowski)

Hard on the heels of John Storgårds’s thrilling account of Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony with the BBC Philharmonic comes another performance...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2020

ROTT Complete Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Ward)

In addition to the symphony that so markedly influenced Gustav Mahler, Hans Rott (1858-84) composed a number of other orchestral...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 11/2020

RESPHIGHI Pines of Rome. Fountains of Rome (Chailly)

To anyone who remembers the scintillating BBC Proms debut of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala in 2017, this album will...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2020

NICKEL Concertos for Oboe

He may be best known through his sizeable output for television (dramas and documentaries) but Christopher Tyler Nickel (b1978) has...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 11/2020

MOZART; SILVESTROV 'The Messenger'

As pairings go, Mozart and Silvestrov is pretty inspired. And within each half of Hélène Grimaud’s programme the works are...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2020

MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Bloch)

During a long association with founding conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus, the Orchestre National de Lille tended to be associated with Gallic...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2020

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