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VIVALDI Concerti per Violino VII 'Per il castello'

If Ottavio Dantone and his Accademia Bizantina aren’t already ringing bells of recognition in your heads for the many fine...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 03/2020

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto (Daniel Lozakovich)

Following Daniel Lozakovich’s acclaimed DG debut (8/18), this Tchaikovsky album brings his artistry into sharper focus. The Concerto was recorded...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2020

SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos 4 & 6 (Elder)

This Sibelius Fourth reminded me of the reaction to the symphony’s first performance in April 1911 from the critic Bis,...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2020

SAINT-SAËNS Ascanio (Märkl)

The main work in Jun Märkl and the Malmö Symphony’s survey of Saint-Saëns rarities is the Act 3 ballet from...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2020

MAHLER Symphony No 4 (Vänskä)

Let me say straight away that Vänskä is temperamentally far better suited to the pristine, childlike world of the Fourth...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020

TOMBELLE Musique De Chambre, Chorale et Symphonique

Fernand de La Tombelle (1854-1928), the subject of Palazzetto Bru Zane’s latest composer portrait, was best known in his lifetime...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2020

KAPP; LEMBA; LÜDIG 'Estonian Orchestral Works'

This is a fascinating survey of Estonian orchestral music by composers born towards the end of the 19th century showing...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2020

HAYDN; STAMITZ Concertos for Flute and Oboe

The lira organizzata was, as described by Richard Wigmore, ‘a high-tech hurdy-gurdy with sympathetic strings and an inbuilt miniature organ’....

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020

HAYDEN Substratum

My first introduction to Sam Hayden’s music was in the back room of a low ceilinged bar at the Huddersfield...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2020

GUNNING Symphonies 2, 10 & 12

Numerous composers have secured their reputation through scores for film and television, subsequently to attempt music for the concert hall...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2020

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