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MAHLER Symphony No 5 (Fischer)

Adam Fischer’s kinship with this music seems to grow exponentially with each successive instalment of what is already proving an...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2018

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 3 (Boris Giltburg)

Sometimes the reputation of a piece of music becomes so ensconced that the music itself is enshrouded, infected by hearsay...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2018

Stephen Hough’s Dream Album

A bran tub of bonbons, yes, but much more than that: it is also a portrait of an artist in...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2018

Latin Winds

The five works on this engaging disc from the RNCM Wind Orchestra are all rooted in the strong Spanish or...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2018

Les Vents Français: Concertante!

The sinfonia (or symphonie) concertante developed mainly in the orchestral centres of Mannheim and Paris and, the informative booklet tells...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2018

TELEMANN The Concerti-en-Suite

Much as the classification ‘concerto-suites’ does very strongly suggest ‘contents as described on the tin’, some may yet find it...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2018

STRAVINSKY Symphony Op 1. Suites Nos 1 & 2 (Kitayenko)

The variably transliterated Dmitry Kitaenko continues his Indian summer in the company of musicians with whom he has been associated...

Reviewed by Libby McPhee in issue: 06/2018

STRAVINSKY Petrushka. The Firebrd Suite (Tennstedt)

Klaus Tennstedt’s isn’t the first name to come to mind when thinking about Stravinsky’s ballets – granitic Beethoven, Bruckner and...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2018

STANFORD Piano Concerto. Violin Concerto

There’s no question what constitutes the main course here and what the hors d’oeuvres. Stanford’s D major Violin Concerto dates...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2018

Ayana Tsuji Live in Montreal

The Japanese-born violinist Ayana Tsuji was 18 years old in May 2016 when she won first prize in the Concours...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2018

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