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SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concertos 3-5 (Kantorow)

It is no hardship to review yet another Saint-Saëns piano concerto recording when it is as good as this, and...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2019

GOUNOD Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Tortelier)

‘Write me symphonies like Beethoven’s and I’ll play them!’ Jules Pasdeloup told Charles Gounod. Nowadays, we associate the French composer...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2019

Jess Gillam: Rise

Many will remember the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year as that rare old tussle between two very different...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2019

Mr Handel's Dinner (Maurice Steger)

Swiss recorder supremo Maurice Steger’s latest offering is a fun-filled imagining of the sorts of musical interludes that might have...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 06/2019

Amy Dickson: In Circles

Amy Dickson’s recordings seem to fall into two categories: new music, with a focus on minimalists and composers from her...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 69

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Horizon 9

The Royal Concertgebouw’s ‘Horizon’ series continues with this collection of relative hits and misses. It’s unfortunate that these latter should...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2019

WEBER Clarinet Concerto (Ottensamer)

The title ‘Blue Hour’ is meant to convey that post-sunset glow before nightfall and might well conjure up a mood...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2019

Celebrating John Williams (LAPO/Dudamel)

This pair of CDs was recorded live earlier this year to celebrate the music of John Williams and the centenary...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 06/2019

STRAUSS Violin Concerto (Tasmin Little)

The four concertante works that feature on this recording under the direction of the clarinettist and conductor Michael Collins include...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 06/2019

CP STAMITZ Ten Symphonies

Carl Philipp Stamitz (1745-1801) was the scion of a Bohemian musical family that reached its peak in the mid- and...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2019

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