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DVOŘÁK Symphony No 8. String Quartet No 12
Edo de Waart | Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra | Royal Flemish Philharmonic Wood Quintet
In the case of the Eighth Symphony, initial impressions are wholly favourable and for the most part firmly substantiated by...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2014
TAN DUN Concerto for Orchestra. Orchestral Theatre. Symphonic Poem on Three Notes
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
As the title implies, the Symphonic Poem is based on three notes. Not particularly interesting notes; just the first three...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 03/2013
Bach Lute Works, Vol 1
At last, the first volume in Paul O’Dette’s traversal of JS Bach’s so-called works for lute is here. Has it...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2007
Bernstein Ballet Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Billie Holiday | David Zinman | Jazz Ensemble
David Zinman is one of those conductors whose priorities – notably clean articulation and an avoidance of rhetorical overkill –...
Reviewed in issue 3/1998
DVOŘÁK Piano Trio 3. Sonatina
Arnon Erez | Hagai Shaham | Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch
In a very crowded field, Dvořák’s F minor Piano Trio might be his single most neglected major chamber work: an...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2023
Sibelius Piano Pieces
Having recorded what must equate to virtually the entire standard keyboard repertoire, Vladimir Ashkenazy follows his celebrated discs of Sibelius’s...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2011
DVOŘÁK Symphony No 9 'From the New World'
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | José Serebrier
When it comes to conducting Dvořák, José Serebrier isn’t afraid to get mud on his boots: he’s out there in...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2012
Bartók/Kodály Orchestral Works
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | David Zinman | Martha Argerich | Nelson Freire
The Argerich/Freire two-some made a spectacular debut on record with their Rachmaninov/Ravel/Lutoslawski recital (Philips 6514 369, 10/83; (CD) 411 034-2PH,...
Reviewed in issue 12/1986
DVOŘÁK Symphony No 8 JANÁČEK Jenufa Suite
Manfred Honeck | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck’s handling of the Eighth Symphony’s opening phrases is rapturously beautiful, the cellos truly espressivo, the initial bird-like entry...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW2014
Stokowski conducts Tchaikovsky
Leopold Stokowski | Philadelphia Orchestra
I actually learned Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony from this well-tested old set of 78s, and will never forget attempting to 'gravitate'...
Reviewed in issue 11/1995
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