Classical Music Reviews

Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance

Hickox knew British choral music like the back of his hand.

Una Follia di Napoli

Leading recorder players pipes up in these Neapolitan delights.

Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2

Liverpool scores a goal with their Russian maestro’s Rachmaninov 2.

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 and Sonatas

Jansen proves she’s not so prim and proper in twisted Prokofiev.

Miserere (Byrd, Parsons, Tallis et al)

Beautifully sung music for Lent from Westminster

JS Bach: Piano Transcriptions by Busoni, Reger, Saint-Saëns et al (Antony Gray)

An fascinating Antipodean survey of Bach transcriptions.

Mussorgsky · Prokofiev (Steven Osbourne)

Picture-perfect piano – Russian repertoire paints Osborne in his best light.

JS Bach: Flute Sonatas (Andrea Oliva, Angela Hewitt)

Hewitt makes her triumphant return to Bach (with flute in tow).

Mozart · Copland · Katz-Chernin (Michael Collins, Swedish Chamber Orchestra)

Thoroughly modern Mozart – Elena takes master as muse for her basset clarinet concerto.

Brahms: Violin Concerto (Batiashvili, Dreden/Thielemann)

Batting for Brahms – this is Batiashvili's Brahms, if not quite Thielemann's.

JS Bach: Cello Suites Nos 1–3 arr Theorbo

New transcriptions plucked from Bach's cello masterpiece.

Schubert: Lieder Vol 7, Erlkönig

Goerne's gift to lieder – outstanding Schubert series shows no signs of slowing down.

Denisov: Chamber Symphonies Nos 1–2, Song Cycles

A succinct musical vision of an atmospheric world.

Catch Me If You Can (John Williams, Michael Kamen, Mark Knopfler)

It’s not dire straits making movies with Amy Dickson

Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets

So Frenchy, so chic – Mendelssohn without tears from this fashionable quartet.

British Opera Overtures (Richard Bonynge)

Bonynge digs up some buried treasure.

Britten: Billy Budd (Glyndebourne)

Billy’s overdue Glyndebourne debut well worth the wait.

A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 (Paul McCreesh)

The remaking of a classic for a new generation.

Mozart: Coronation Mass, Exsultate Jubilate (The Sixteen)

Harry Christophers serves up a right royal treat in Boston.
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