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DUSSEK Piano Concertos (Howard Shelley)

Howard Shelley’s new recording with the Ulster Orchestra of three of Jan Ladislav Dussek’s concertos is a sequel to their...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW18

BERNSTEIN Symphony No 2, 'The Age of Anxiety' (Rattle)

A few words of introduction from the man himself (Bernstein in conversation with Humphrey Burton) preface this performance of perhaps...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW18

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 8. Piano Concerto (Wallisch)

For the sixth instalment of their ‘Resound’ project – Beethoven’s orchestral works performed in the Viennese venues where they were...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW/2018

BARTÓK Divertimento BRAHMS String Quintet No 2

The Amsterdam Sinfonietta’s latest release reverts to the concept of their Brahms/Schoenberg and Mahler/Beethoven albums (8/11, 1/12) in that it...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: AW/2018

BARTÓK Violin Concertos (Schmid)

Every encounter I’ve so far had with Benjamin Schmid’s playing has proved enjoyable. An all-round musician who can adapt to...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW18

PISTON; JONES; ALBERT 'American Symphonies'

Piston’s Sixth Symphony (1955) has fared well on disc, this being the fourth recording presently available (Morton Gould’s is nla)....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW18

WAGNER Tristan und Isolde (Sawallisch)

Bayreuth followers will remember this performance’s unofficial release (and that of a year before from the same basic cast) on...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: AW18

VERDI Il Trovatore (Farnes)

Only unveiled at Covent Garden little over two years ago, David Bösch’s production has already done good service for the...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW18

VERDI Nabucco (Oren)

Everyone has a clear, if misguided, idea of what to expect from opera productions at the Arena di Verona –...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW18

REIMANN L'Invisible (Runnicles)

The source of Aribert Reimann’s ninth opera, premiered in Berlin last autumn, seems a logical follow-up to his previous straight...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: AW18

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