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Music Reviews:Philip Glass, Piano Works (selection) Víkingur Ólafsson (pianist) Deutsche GrammophonBach, Solo Piano Works (selection) Víkingur Ólafsson (pianist) Deutsche Grammophon  Philip Glass I have listened to a lot of different recordings of the Glass Etudes. These are among my favourite...

Review: Mahler, Symphony 6 "Tragic" MusicAeterna Teodor Currentzis (conductor) Sony ClassicalThis is not just another Mahler 6th. And this is no easy thing to say considering that the competition is fierce: Bernstein on Sony and DG,...

Rachmaninov, Piano Concertos 2 & 4 Daniil Trifonov (piano) The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon, October 2018 When a piece of music is among your favourite works of all time, you run the risk of...

Is the Stenhammar 2nd symphony a great work? Listen to Lindberg’s account and you will realise that it is. And why shouldn’t it be? The first movement has all the autumnal...

This is Brahms as it should be. Bold, grand, shamelessly romantic. Of course, Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin have given us first-rate symphony cycles of Schumann, Beethoven and lately Elgar, not...

First the good news: This Shostakovich album by Nelsons is better recorded than the previous releases in this set (symphonies 5, 8, 9 and 10). But even though improved, the sound...

"Bruckner's Eighth Symphony is the zenith of symphonic writing." — Sergiu Celibidache Is this the best symphony ever written? Quite possibly: even if it is nearly impossible to pick just one greatest...

It's no surprise that this disc is immediately accessible and a joy to listen to. Lindberg's own compositions have always been a rewarding experience, not only focusing on technique (as many...