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TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations (Edgar Moreau)

Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations gets top billing here but the real prize is a thrillingly passionate performance of Chopin’s late Cello...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2024

Lucie Horsch: The Frans Brüggen Project

‘The Frans Brüggen Project’ is a celebration of a significant part of the legacy of the late Dutch conductor and...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 12/2024

Ksenija Sidorova: Crossroads

Following a previous pair of recordings, Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova undeniably hit her stride in the anthology ‘Piazzolla Reflections’ (3/21)...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 12/2024

OQUIN; PARKER; ROUSE Organ Concertos (Paul Jacobs)

Set down piecemeal over four and a half years, this collection straddles boundaries but certainly merits a hearing. Its common...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2024

MOZART Clarinet Concerto. Symphonies Nos 29 & 33 (Forck)

The Berlin Academy of Ancient Music’s sound is defined by its violins – slightly tart, vibrato-lite, with a pronounced ‘tick’...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2024

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream (Savall)

>Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their record label Alia Vox with Mendelssohn’s...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2024

MACDOWELL Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Wilson)

Scarcely a month passes, it seems, without a new release from John Wilson. Whether in the role of sorcerer, illuminating...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2024

KAPUSTIN Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 6 (Frank Dupree)

Frank Dupree here continues his cycle of Kapustin concertos with Nos 2 and 6, plus a sprinkling of fillers, nicely...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2024

STRAUSS Don Quixote IBERT Le Chevalier Errant (Szeps-Znaider)

First on this recent Channel Classics release the rare and hugely enjoyable four-movement suite from Jacques Ibert’s ‘choreodrama’ with chorus...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2024

FRANCK Symphony in D minor FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande (Barenboim)

On the surface of it Daniel Barenboim and the César Franck Symphony in D minor seem like natural bedfellows. If...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2024

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