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MACMILLAN Symphony No 5. The Sun Danced (Christophers)

To Mahler’s well-known remark that the symphony must be like the world, containing everything, James MacMillan appears to be finding...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2020

GOEHR After The Waking MATTHEWS Postludes

The past decade has seen contemporary music accorded much greater presence on Wigmore Hall programmes, the three pieces featured here...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2020

FARRENC Symphony No 1 (König)

Though Louise Farrenc’s chamber music, much of it long neglected, has gradually been restored to the repertory in recent years,...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2020

ELGAR Violin Concerto (Nicola Benedetti)

A sense of dignified reserve distinguishes Vladimir Jurowski’s handling of the Concerto’s opening tutti, with plenty of telling woodwind detail...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2020

CZERNY Concertino. Grand Concerto No 2 (Bonynge)

Carl Czerny gave the Viennese premiere of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in 1812 and a mere 12 days later started work...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2020

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No 2. Handel Variations (Lars Vogt)

Hot on the heels of their impressive Brahms D minor Concerto (1/20), the Royal Northern Sinfonia with Lars Vogt as...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2020

BIZET Symphony No 2 GOUNOD Petite Symphonie (Leleux)

François Leleux’s first album with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra flanks Gounod’s Petite Symphonie for nine wind instruments with Bizet’s Symphony...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2020

BERNSTEIN Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Lindberg)

Whenever I listen to the First Symphony I am mindful of how dramatically Bernstein started as he meant to go...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2020

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto. Symphony No 7 (Barenboim)

Here’s a performance of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto that conveys a palpable sense of occasion – and with good reason, as...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2020

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 2 GRIEG Holberg Suite

Martha Argerich returns for the umpteenth time to Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, a work she has championed throughout her career...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2020

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