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PICKARD Symphonies Nos 2 & 6. Verlaine Songs (Brabbins)

I began with the Sixth Symphony, John Pickard’s most recent essay in the medium, conceived in early 2021 during the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2024

All These Lighted Things: Prokofiev - Ogonek - Ravel

The novelty on this nicely if unspectacularly recorded album is the set of ‘three short dances’ for orchestra All These...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2024

MOZART Piano Concertos 11, 12 & 13 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; Ben Kim)

Here we have two experienced Mozartians, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet now in his ninth volume of Mozart piano concertos, Ben Kim in...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 07/2024

KAPRÁLOVÁ The Completed Orchestral Works (Hron)

A student of Novák, Martinů and Václav Talich, Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915‑40) might have been a leading composer of the last...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2024

FUCHS Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Wilson)

John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London continue their exploration of the orchestral works of Kenneth Fuchs in a second...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 07/2024

Renaud Capuçon: Gabriel Fauré

The flow of recordings marking this centenary year of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) may be now well under way but the...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 07/2024

ENESCU Symphonies Nos 1 - 3. Romanian Rhapsodies Nos 1 & 2 (Măcelaru)

Enescu’s three numbered symphonies were composed between 1905 and 1918 and, although demonstrating an eclectic range of influences, reflect the...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2024

ELGAR Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Elder)

Currently enjoying his 24th and final season as music director of the Hallé, Mark Elder has already given us painstakingly...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2024

ELCOCK Symphony No 8. Violin Concerto (Zoe Beyers)

The fifth release in Kenneth Woods and the English Symphony Orchestra’s groundbreaking ‘21st Century Symphony Project’ focuses on Steve Elcock...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2024

BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Hrůša)

It used to irk me when young pianists chose to include Beethoven’s last piano sonata in their debut recordings. It...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2024

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