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RIES Symphonies Nos 4 & 5 (Nisonen)

It’s too easy, of course, to chide Beethoven’s loyal friend and one-time pupil Ferdinand Ries for what he was not....

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2025

PROKOFIEV; SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concertos No 1 (Ning Feng)

Ning Feng emerges from the dreamlike haze of strings at the beginning of Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto with a hint...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2025

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 19 & 23 (Kristian Bezuidenhout)

Kristian Bezuidenhout embarked on his series of Mozart piano concertos with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in 2012. By that time,...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2025

MOZART Horn Concertos (Alec Frank-Gemmill)

Mozart’s horn concertos are a repertoire rite of passage for any player of the instrument. One recording – by Dennis...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2025

LISZT Piano Concertos (Yoav Levanon)

Is it wise for the controversial 20-year-old Yoav Levanon to try so hard to emulate Liszt – to the point...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 01/2025

HAYDN Symphonies Nos 90, 94 & 98 (Antonini)

‘The Surprise’ might seem a superfluous title for a programme of Haydn symphonies. But these three works do each contain...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2025

FASCH Orchestral Works Vol 4

In their continuing series of orchestral works by Johann Friedrich Fasch, Philadelphia-based baroque band Tempesta di Mare are doing the...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2025

DVOŘÁK Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 (Martin)

When David Patrick Stearns reviewed the first release on the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s own label – Debussy and Strauss orchestral...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2025

DENNEHY Land of Winter

Donnacha Dennehy’s first album for Nonesuch, ‘Grá agus Bás’ (8/11), engaged with Ireland’s rich cultural and musical heritage, while his...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2025

COULT 'Pieces that Disappear'

As suggested by this album’s title, Tom Coult’s compositions often engage with presence and absence – especially how music shapes...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2025

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