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JS BACH Brandenburg Concertos

Either Jascha Horenstein (in 1954) or August Wenzinger (1950-53) are commonly cited as leading the first Brandenburg Concertos to be...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2017

ALWYN Film Music

William Alwyn composed these film scores between 1941 and 1959, when a visit to the cinema was a twice-weekly event...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 03/2017

ALNAES Piano Concerto. Symphony No 1

Eyvind Alnæs’s Piano Concerto (1915) has charm aplenty. The Norwegian composer’s score is tuneful and opulently orchestrated, and the virtuoso...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2017

Jamie Barton: All Who Wander

Anyone who watched Jamie Barton sail serenely to victory at 2013’s Cardiff Singer of the World competition will know what...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2017

SCHUMANN Dictherliebe and other lieder

The Swiss tenor Mauro Peter has the kind of Dichterliebe voice I hear in my mind’s ear: fresh, youthful, evenly...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2017

Encores After Beethoven

I’ve enjoyed this enormously. The recordings – all live at the Zurich Tonhalle, with applause – are issued for the...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 02/2017

Bach to the Future 2

It’s not often that you can say that a commission, or set of commissions, fills a genuine hole in the...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 02/2017

LISZT Hungarian Rhapsodies (Complete)

In 1968 Alfred Brendel shrewdly observed of Liszt’s Rhapsodies, ‘these are the pieces we perhaps have the most to make...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 02/2017

BLOCH Solo Cello Suites. DALLAPICCOLA Ciaccona

Despite the appeal and popularity of Bloch’s Schelomo, his three solo cello suites have not been widely recorded. They were...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 02/2017

SIMPSON The Four Seasons

Christopher Simpson’s The Four Seasons is an unusual thing. Each season lasts about 15-20 minutes and consists of a Fancy...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2017

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