July 2009

Murray Perahia
When he injured his finger in 1990, the great pianist sought solace in Bach. We meet him as he prepares at last to return to the Romantic repertoire

A Grand Day out: Shopping for Steinways
Pianist Olli Mustonen heads to Hamburg to help choose dozens of Steinways for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Keyboard Catastrophes
The Two Moors disaster got us thinking: what's the worst to happen to a piano?

Thomas Tallis
Andrew Stewart on the most original English choral composer of the 16th century

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Haydn: Symphonies Nos 22, 26, 67 & 80

Written when Haydn was in the employment of the Esterházy family, these four Symphonies show off the composer’s many sides, from the chorale-flavoured Nos 22 and 26 to the sprightly 67 and 80, inspired by opera buffa. On this exclusive studio recording, Nicholas Kraemer conducts the BBC Philharmonic.

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Shostakovich: The Nose
DISC OF THE MONTH

Shostakovich: The Nose Mariinsky Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus/Valery Gergiev ‘Shostakovich was never so obviously the youthful genius as in this brilliant operatic jape’

Schubert: Forellen Quintet
CHAMBER

Schubert: Trout Quintet Martin Helmchen (piano) et al 'The most satisfactory account of the Trout Quintet I have ever heard'

Handel: Samson
CHORAL & SONG

Handel: Samson
NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen/Nicholas McGegan
'A match for any of the few complete Samsons currently available'

Artist Name
DVD

Galuppi: L’Olimpiade
Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon
'An astonishingly accomplished cast in magnificent music'

Yuja Wang
INSTRUMENTAL

Sonatas and Etudes Yuja Wang (piano) 'She's young, but make no mistake: Yuja Wang is one hell of a pianist'

Quartet Live
JAZZ

Gary Burton's Quartet Live Burton, Metheny, Swallow, Sanchez 'This bouncy, tumbling serpentine set sounds fresh-minted'

Fauré
ORCHESTRAL

Fauré: Soloists & orchestra
Orchestre de Bretagne/Moshe Atzmon
'Fauré's blend of languor and virtuosity is well displayed here'

Wagner: Lohengrin
OPERA

Wagner: Lohengrin
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln/Semyon Bychkov
'Semyon Bychkov's Lohengrin is keenly dramatic yet detailed'

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