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BENNETT Orchestral Works, Vol 4 (John Wilson)

I love the analogy Richard Rodney Bennett made when describing his multifaceted career as ‘different rooms, albeit in the same...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2020

Beethoven Reimagined

Like Ravel and Stravinsky after him, Beethoven thought pianistically even when composing for the orchestra, and he wasn’t averse to...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2020

BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. Divertimento (Järvi)

Paavo Järvi’s NHK Symphony Orchestra pride themselves on their Central European sound, particularly their cultured, rounded string tone, and perform...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2020

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1-3 BARRY Piano Concerto

In a recent Gramophone interview (5/20), Thomas Adès conjured the image of Gerald Barry ‘prowling around rehearsals with a metronome...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2020

JS BACH Harpsichord Concertos (Francesco Corti)

This is not announced as Vol 1 of a cycle, but Francesco Corti’s booklet note reveals that it is when...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2020

The Cleveland Orchestra: A New Century

When Franz Welser-Möst’s contract next comes up for renewal in 2027, he will be the longest-serving music director in the...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2020

Marina Rebeka: Elle

Marina Rebeka turns to French arias for her latest recital, an engaging, if at times uneven disc, in which both...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2020

WOLF-FERRARI Die vier Grobiane (Schirmer)

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, the son of a glamorous Venetian mother and a Bavarian artist father, produced several estimable hits during his...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2020

WEBER Euryanthe (Trinks)

This is the visual side of the CD release I reviewed last November (Capriccio). The control, order and purpose of...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2020

WAGNER Die Walküre (Pappano)

The history of performances of Wagner’s Ring cycle at London’s Covent Garden Opera House has been an enigmatic one. Artistic...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2020

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