April 2012
Informed by our unrivalled panel of critics, we choose the month’s must-hear recordings hoice
RAUTAVAARA Cello Concerto No 2, ‘Towards the Horizon’. Modi icata. Percussion Concerto, ‘Incantations’ Colin Currie perc Truls Mørk vc Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds Ondine ODE1178 2
Recording of the Month ‘Storgårds and the Helsinki Philharmonic give exemplary support in the big-boned textures of both concertos but also shine on their own’
FOR THE REVIEW BY GUY RICKARDS, TURN TO PAGE 42
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GUBAIDULINA Seven Words. In croce. Kadenza. Et exspecto Iñaki Alberdi bayan Asier Polo vc Basque National Orchestra / José Ramón Encinar Etcetera KTC1433 ‘Music of strong and even painful intensity, seizing and gripping the attention…a compelling work’
REVIEW ON PAGE 46
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LISZT . TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Works Sergio Tiempo pf Svizzera Italiana Orch / Ion Marin, Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky Avanti Classic AVANTI10382 ‘It is no exaggeration to say that he may well be the most dazzling and spontaneous pianist of his generation’
REVIEW ON PAGE 47
LUTOSŁAWSKI Orchestral Works, Vol 2 Louis Lortie pf BBC SO / Edward Gardner Chandos CHSA5098 ‘ Plaudits, too, for Gardner’s conception of the riveting Fourth Symphony, which has both infectious involvement and considerable expressive ardour to commend it’
REVIEW ON PAGE 49
RUDERS Music of Poul Ruders, Vol 7 Soloists; Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen; Odense Symphony Orchestra / Minczuk Bridge BRIDGE9375 ‘At any rate, I do not expect to come across another disc of contemporary music as richly rewarding as this one in a hurry.’
REVIEW ON PAGE 50
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 5 Toulouse Capitole Orchestra / Sokhiev Naive V5252 ‘This is a recording which sounds composed in the playing of it, which feels organic, and which probably owes a lot to the tutorage of the great Ilya Musin who nurtured Sokhiev.’
REVIEW ON PAGE 51
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