Classical Music
Franz Schubert: String quintet/Quartettsatz (Chandos)
Intimations of life’s fragility
Jean Sibelius: Orchestral songs (LAWO)
The themes are cruel and cold
Alban Berg: Violin concerto &c. (Chandos)
A stunning marriage of the tragic and the erotic
Prokofiev, Tcherepnin: The Bark of Yearning (Avi-music)
This is prime Prokofiev
John Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox (Alpha)
Among his best work
John Cage: Four Walls (Fuga Libera)
More than a little bit mad
Bach in town
We need more classical music in public spaces
The vast plight of the Proms
The end of BBC Four is a death sentence for BBC Orchestras and the Proms alike
Kurt Weill: 2nd symphony, violin concerto (Somm)
A beautiful recording of an esoteric item
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