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Vienna Mandolin Stories

His first concerto album, Alon Sariel’s ‘Vienna Mandolin Stories’ brings the same sense of lightness, fun and feeling for texture...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 06/2025

United Strings of Europe: Hommages

United Strings of Europe continue on from the impressive programmes ‘In Motion’ (2/21) and ‘Through the Night’ (1/24) with ‘Hommages’,...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2025

WEINBERG Complete Music for Cello & Orchestra (Nikolay Shugaev)

Mieczysław Weinberg’s Concertino for cello and string orchestra was written in 1948 but premiered only on February 18, 2017, during...

Reviewed by Aleksander Laskowski in issue: 06/2025

SUMERA Symphonies Nos 1 & 6

Lepo Sumera is probably best known for being Estonia’s culture minister during the time of the Singing Revolution. But there’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 06/2025

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concertos (Yuja Wang)

A genuine collaborative spirit presides over these Shostakovich concerto performances, not to mention the dazzling execution and playful characterisation one...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2025

SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto 2. Cello Sonata BRITTEN Cello Sonata (Sheku Kanneh-Mason)

If it is not unfair to describe Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s recordings of the Shostakovich First and Elgar Concertos (3/18, 2/20) as...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2025

RAVEL Piano Concertos (Yeol Eum Son)

While in her 20s, Yeol Eum Son won silver medals at both the Van Cliburn (2009) and Tchaikovsky Competitions (2011)....

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 06/2025

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 1. Symphonic Dances (Wilson)

Majoring less on seamless idiomatic flow than robust attack and absolute clarity of articulation, John Wilson and the Sinfonia of...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2025

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 6 (Noseda)

Almost 20 years since the LSO recorded its last Prokofiev symphony cycle, under Valery Gergiev (Philips, 6/06), Gianandrea Noseda, his...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2025

KOECHLIN Symphony No 1 (Matiakh)

Although his music still receives only infrequent hearings, Charles Koechlin has fared well in recorded terms and it is good...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2025

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