John Allison
Recent articles by John Allison
Smetana: Má Vlast
The best Polish composers: how music influenced Poland during the turmoil of the 20th century
John Allison explores how Poland’s turbulent history has left an exceptional musical heritage
Schubert: Piano Sonata D959 etc
Bartók • Janáček • Szymanowski
Lutyens: Piano Works, Vol. 3
Dvořák: Violin Concerto, Romance etc
Duo
Kodály: Háry János Suite; Summer Evening etc
Penderecki: Symphony No. 6 ‘Chinese Songs’ etc
Bartók • Kodály: Choral Works
Weinberg: Dawn; Symphony No. 12
Chopin: Complete Mazurkas, Vol. 2
Martinů: Violin Concerto etc
Josef Špaček (violin), Miroslav Sekera (piano), *Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra/Petr Popelka (Supraphon)
Liszt: Faust Symphony; Mephisto Waltz
Airam Hernández (tenor); Male voices of the Weimar Theatre Opera Chorus and Thüringen Youth Choir; Staatskapelle Weimar/Kirill Karabits (Naxos)
Bach Minimaliste
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas (harpsichord); La Tempête;/Simon-Pierre Bestion (Alpha Classics)
Ligeti: Études & Capriccios
Han Chen (piano) (Naxos)
Bacewicz • J Mendelson: String Quartets etc
Karolina Stalmachowska (oboe); Silesian Quartet; *Piotr Sałajczyk (piano) (Chandos)
Grażyna Bacewicz: one of Poland's finest composers of all time
One of Poland’s most brilliant composers, Bacewicz is finally taking her rightful place on the international stage, says John Allison
Resilience (Yulianna Avdeeva)
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) (Pentatone)
Górecki: Church Songs, Op. 84
Polish Chamber Choir/Jan Łukaszewski (Ondine)
Szymanowski – Mythes etc
Sueye Park (violin), Roland Pöntinen (piano) (BIS)
Polish Music for Cello and Orchestra
Marcin Zdunik (cello); Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrzej Boreyko (CD Accord)
Vitamin C (James Rhodes)
James Rhodes (piano) (Signum Classics)
Hindemith, Paul
Often dismissed today as a dry neo-classicist, the German composer Paul Hindemith was in fact one of the most visionary figures of his time, says John Allison. Here he explores his life and works