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Penderecki Orchestral and Vocal Works
Krzysztof Penderecki's creative heyday (1950s-70s) prompted a release of dramatic aural ingenuity the like of which had not been heard...
Reviewed in issue 10/1994
Verdi Opera Choruses
Dresden State Opera Chorus | Silvio Varviso | Staatskapelle Dresden
I can seldom see much point in issues of opera choruses, but as they appear with some regularity from different...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1985
Paderewski Pf Concerto; Polish Fantasy; Overture
Antoni Wit | Janina Fialkowska | National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Katowice
It seems only a short while since I reviewed another recording of Paderewski Piano Concerto and Polish Fantasy, sufficiently endearing...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2000
George Benjamin Sudden Time
George Benjamin | London Philharmonic Orchestra
In his commendably straightforward notes, George Benjamin points out that what is most clearly ''sudden'' in this composition is the...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/1994
Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ
This new version of a well-loved work enters a distinguished list. Sir Colin Davis’s 1960 performance, led by Sir Peter...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1999
Schoenberg in Hollywood
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | John Mauceri
It is more than a little ironic that, once Schoenberg was settled in America, he felt obliged to spend some...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1997
Donizetti L'elisir d'amore
Prospective purchasers of L'elisir d'amore are indeed trebly fortunate—firstly, of course, because of the sheer delight to be derived from...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 6/1986
Bruckner Symphony No 4
Karl Böhm | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Why, you might ask, does Decca, having Solti's brilliant digital version of this symphony in its CD catalogue already, bother...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1985
Poulenc Piano Works
Poulenc had a low of opinion of his piano music in general, complaining it was too dependent on the textures...
Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 6/2004
Elgar Violin Concerto; Serenade for Strings
Andrew Davis | James Ehnes | Philharmonia Orchestra
Not since Nigel Kennedy’s 1997 remake with Sir Simon Rattle and the CBSO (EMI, 1/98) have I heard an account...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2008
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