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HAYDN Symphonies Vol 24 (Spillner)

The cycle of Haydn’s symphonies begun by Thomas Fey in 1999 is now well past its two-thirds point. These four...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2019

HAYDN Piano and Cello Concertos (Duczmal)

The snappily named Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina is happily willing to go beyond its remit and here presents early-Nineties performances...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 02/2019

DUSAPIN Aufganag. Wenn Du dem Wind...

Pascal Dusapin continues to be among the most recorded of present-day composers, and this new BIS disc includes a first...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2019

BRAHMS Symphony 4 DVORÁK Symphony 9 (Hrůša)

In Jakub Hrůša’s hands, the opening of Brahms’s Fourth becomes a series of world-weary sighs, an apt lead-in to a...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2019

BERLIOZ Harold en Italie. Les nuits d’été (Roth)

How delightful that François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles have returned to Berlioz this year, the 150th anniversary of his death....

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 02/2019

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn

As continuo player for Teodor Currentzis, director of Il Pomo d’Oro – which has supplied lively backing to concept albums...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2019

Jörgen van Rijen: Fratres

The ever-versatile Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra trombonist Jörgen van Rijen has done a great deal to extend his instrument’s representation on...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 02/2019

JS BACH Concertos for 2, 3 & 4 Pianos

The first thing that strikes you about this disc is the acoustic, and not in a good way. It’s very...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2019

ANTHEIL Symphonies Nos 3 & 6 (Storgårds)

I was totally smitten by John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic’s recording of Antheil’s Fourth and Fifth symphonies (6/17) and...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2019

Cecilia Bartoli: Vivaldi

‘Vivaldi lives today thanks to Cecilia Bartoli!’ runs an accolade from Marilyn Horne in the booklet. I can imagine a...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2019

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