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BRUCKNER Symphony No 8 BEETHOVEN Symphony No 2 MOZART Symphony No 34

With the exception of the Firebird Suite, which he never recorded commercially, these live performances feature works central to Böhm’s...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2016

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto. MOZART Quintet. SCHUMANN Phantasie

It may seem brave (or perhaps foolhardy) for a relatively new ensemble and a youngish soloist/director – Sebastian Bohren (b1987)...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2016

Martha Argerich: Live from Lugano 2015; Piano Duos and Concert

‘As you can see, Martha and I are not alone,’ announces Daniel Barenboim to a packed Teatro Colón as three...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2016

Accordato: Violin Sonatas from The Manuscript XIV 726 of the Minorite Monastery

The Manuscript XIV 726 of the Minorite Monastery in Vienna is one of the most important sources of Austrian Baroque...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2016

MEISTER Il giardino del piacere

Back in 2011, four years after Reinhard Goebel’s Musica Antiqua Köln had disbanded, they issued a surprise new premiere recording...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2016

JUON Complete String Quartets

Paul Juon (1872-1940)enjoyed a brief vogue in Gramophone during the 1930s thanks to a set of the Chamber Symphony (1907)...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2016

ADÈS Arcadiana DUTILLEUX Ainsi la nuit RAVEL String Quartet

Time was that Ravel’s String Quartet went with Debussy’s on disc the way Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto went with Bruch’s. The...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2016

Youri Egorov: The 1980 Ambassador Auditorium Recital; Autumn Songs

Fans of Youri Egorov will be delighted with these two previously unreleased programmes. The first is an April 1980 recital...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2016

JS BACH French Suites

The ‘French’ seem to be the least favoured on record among Bach’s keyboard suites, yet also perhaps the ones most...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2016

Paradis sur terre

The sacred and the worldly rub shoulders in Nicky Spence and Malcolm Martineau’s ‘Paradis sur terre’, which opens with war-wounded...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2016

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