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Nicholas Collon: 'We live in the era of iPod shuffle'

4678 days ago
Guardian MusicBright, young and full of ideas, the Aurora Orchestra meld classical music with anything from jazz to tango to Nico Muhly. Nick Shave meets their dynamic leaderIt's one thing to launch an orchestra; it's quite another to make it a success at a time w... more info

Prom 10: BBC Philharmonic/Mena – review

4681 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Albert Hall, LondonOn paper, this was a beguiling, start-of-the-summer-holidays, trans-Pyrenean programme. And, in many ways, it did not disappoint. Debussy's three orchestral Images – of which by far the most substantial is his three-movemen... more info

East Neuk festival – review

4702 days ago
Guardian MusicVarious venues, FifeIt's only seven years old, but this is a festival that knows what it's about and does it well. Don't go expecting what they won't have: the programming is unflinchingly trad (in five days of chamber concerts, there were only three... more info

Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé; Le Palais Hanté; Psaume 47 – review

4705 days ago
Guardian MusicBullock/Sao Paulo SO/Tortelier (Chandos)Two-thirds of this collection of works by Florent Schmitt, the drame muet (unsung opera) La Tragédie de Salomé and the massive setting of Psalm 47, exactly matches the 2007 disc on Hyperion by Thierry Fischer... more info

Maurizio Pollini – review

4706 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonMusic of the postwar avant-garde has long been central to pianist Maurizio Pollini's repertory. Stockhausen's Klavierstücke 7 and 9 have already featured in his Festival Hall recitals, and he brought the entire series to a... more info

Debussy: Orchestral works Vol 6 – review

4717 days ago
Guardian MusicOrchestre National de Lyon/ Märkl(Naxos)In their latest Debussy volume, Jun Märkl and his fine French players turn to orchestrations of piano works by the composer's contemporaries or later admirers. They capture perfectly the flash and dazzle of t... more info

Stephen Hough – review

4729 days ago
Guardian MusicSt George's, BristolHonouring the bicentenary of Franz Liszt's birth, pianist Stephen Hough made the composer's B Minor Sonata the culmination of this recital. For lesser mortals, it would have been enough to ease themselves in with a low-key sequenc... more info

Mantovani: Concerto for Two Violas; Time Stretch; Finale – review

4740 days ago
Guardian MusicZimmermann/Tamestit/Liège Royal PO/Rophé(Aeon)These three orchestral works bridge the gap in Bruno Mantovani's music between his two operas, L'Autre Côté of 2006 and Akhmatova, first performed at the Paris Opéra in March this year. Though only ... more info

Sapporo SO/Otaka – review

4741 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonThe Sapporo Symphony Orchestra's London date had been in the schedule long before Japan's earthquake in March. But the tsunami transformed what had been a celebratory 50th birthday visit for the Hokkaido-based orchestra int... more info

Schumann: Piano Trios – review

4747 days ago
Guardian MusicTetzlaff/Tetzlaff/Andsnes (EMI, two CDs)Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes's chamber-music partnership with violinist Christian Tetzlaff and his cello-playing sister Tanja is a regular one, and as you would expect from such fine musicians, they make a formidab... more info

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