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DVOŘÁK Legends & Rhapsodies (Netopil)

We don’t hear enough of Dvořák’s Slavonic Rhapsodies and I think I know why. Listen to the opening of the...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2024

Americascapes 2: American Opus - Walker, Crumb, Revueltas

My heart sank a bit when I saw George Crumb’s A Haunted Landscape (1984) on this programme. Much as I...

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

BOWEN; WALTON Viola Concertos (Diyang Mei)

Viola player Diyang Mei is only 30 years old but already principal viola of the Berlin Philharmonic. His first concerto...

Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 12/2024

BOCCHERINI 'Music of the Angels' (Steven Isserlis)

Gregor Piatigorsky thought that Luigi Boccherini must have been the greatest cellist who ever lived, and Steven Isserlis (who cites...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2024

BARTÓK; RÓZSA Violin Concertos (Roman Simovic)

After a childhood full of celluloid Miklós Rózsa it is good to be reminded of how the concert hall freed...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2024

BARTÓK Piano Concertos Nos 1-3 (Tzimon Barto)

Many recordings of Bartók’s First Piano Concerto understandably spotlight the intricate percussion-writing alongside the solo piano, even though the composer...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2024

Nemanja Radulovic: JS Bach

Nemanja Radulović is a captivating soloist, and his razor-sharp opening to the final movement of the Concerto in D minor,...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2024

JS BACH Goldberg Variations arranged for String Orchestra

‘Aria with diverse variations for a harpsichord with two manuals composed for music lovers to refresh their spirits’ was the...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2024

BRAHMS Cello Sonatas (Alisa Weilerstein)

Now this is my kind of Brahms playing: open-hearted, elastic and generously phrased. Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan take the...

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

Trace of Time

This new recording from the Houston-based Apollo Chamber Players string quartet, which has commissioned over 50 works for a variety...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 12/2024

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