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MUSTONEN Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 (Mustonen)

It is a curious feature of Olli Mustonen the composer that, rather like Stravinsky, he has written relatively little for...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2024

MOZART Symphonies Nos 29 & 40 (Emelyanychev)

This account of Mozart’s Symphony No 40 follows Il Pomo d’Oro’s recording of No 41, the Jupiter (4/23); no doubt...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2024

'Mozart 1791'

Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto is most commonly coupled on recordings with the Clarinet Quintet or with a complementary concerto by another...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2024

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 7 & 10 (Cummings)

The latest stop on Robert Levin and the Academy of Ancient Music’s belated traversal of Mozart’s complete output for keyboard...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2024

MENDELSSOHN Symphonies Nos 3 & 5 (Emelyanychev)

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra made a wise choice when it elected Maxim Emelyanychev as its principal conductor. He’s a fine...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 01/2024

MAHLER Symphony No 8 (Vänskä)

The Eighth is often the Mahler symphony that seems to inspire conductors who fall short in the others. That’s a...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2024

LEIVISKÄ Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Stasevska)

The ever-inquiring BIS label begins another series devoted to the orchestral output of Helvi Leiviskä (1902 82). Variously composer, critic...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2024

KUUSISTO Symphony Op 39. Pictured Within. Birthday Variations for M.C.B

An odd coupling, but you can just about get on board with the idea of two large pieces celebrating a...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2024

JÓHANNSSON A Prayer To The Dynamo

A Prayer to the Dynamo (2012) was commissioned by Matthew Patton of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s new music festival, who...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2024

JARRELL Orchestral Works

As on its previous album (BIS2482) devoted to the music of Michael Jarrell (b1958), BIS has paired two of his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2024

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