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ANTHEIL Symphony No 1 (Storgårds)

Antheil was barely into his twenties and studying with Ernest Bloch when he wrote his First Symphony (1923), which was...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2020

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3 (James Ehnes)

With some discs, you can just tell that everything’s going to go like a dream. And it’s not just that...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2019

CPE BACH Complete original works for violin and keyboard

Contrary to the suggestion of its title, Daniel Dennett’s book From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2019

BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 5 (Martin Helmchen)

This is Martin Helmchen and Andrew Manze’s first volume in a promised complete survey of Beethoven’s concertos. Yes, yet another...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 12/2019

BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique (Roth)

You’re attending a grand ball. A beautiful young lady has caught your eye. Dare you? Nervously, you inch towards her...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 12/2019

Nights Bright Days

The Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble (you will have to go far to find such a wonderfully named band)...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2019

Jenny Lin: The Etudes Project Vol 1

Imaginative programme concepts have long been second nature to Jenny Lin, who launches an ‘Études Project’ that pairs works by...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2019

Christopher Nichols: Almost All-American - 21st-Century Works for Clarinet

The Clarinettist Christopher Nichols and his musical crew (almost all from the University of Delaware) give affectionate performances of music...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 12/2019

MAKAN Dream Lightly

I was rather taken with Keeril Makan’s hour-long sextet Letting Time Circle Through Us (New World, 12/17). Makan’s meditative take...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2019

BATES Mass Transmission

The works by Mason Bates that tend to draw the most attention are his orchestral scores and the 2017 opera...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 12/2019

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