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Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky; Cinderella Suite No 1
Marjana Lipovsek | Orchestre de Paris | Paris Chorus | Semyon Bychkov
Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky cantata is one by-product of Stalinism that shows no sign of going out of fashion. That said,...
Reviewed in issue 5/1994
Canciones and Ensaladas Spanish Renaissance Songs and Dances
(Clément) Janequin Ensemble | Dominique Visse | Eric Bellocq | Massimo Moscardo
Hard on the heels of the New London Consort’s disc dedicated to the ensaladas of Mateo Flecha (L’Oiseau-Lyre, 3/98) comes...
Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 4/1998
Strauss, R Alpine Symphony
Bernard Haitink | London Symphony Orchestra
Once a rarity in both concert hall and recording studio, these days Strauss’s Alpine Symphony is positively ubiquitous, accommodating –...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 4/2010
Dvorák Chamber Works
Josef Chuchro | Josef Suk | Smetana Qt
These two works are intelligently coupled, and have been so before (for instance, by the Raphael Ensemble on Hyperion). The...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1993
Rameau Orchestral Suites
Frans Brüggen | Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Recordings of Rameau orchestral suites have been appearing for as long as those of the complete operas they are taken...
Reviewed in issue 11/2001
Chopin Solo Piano Works, Vol 1
We should never judge a book by its cover, but in this instance the one matches the other in quality...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2004
Sir Henry's Themes and Variations
Henry Wood | Queen's Hall Orchestra
Until recently, Sir Henry Wood's CD presence centred largely round a couple of popular catalogue mainstays from the pre-war years:...
Reviewed in issue 1/1994
Phillips, M Orchestral Works
BBC Concert Orchestra | Gavin Sutherland
Now here really is something! Along with Charles Ancliffe and Percy Fletcher, Montague Phillips (1885-1969) was one of the most...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 9/2004
M. Haydn Der Bassgeiger zu Wörgl; Overtures; Dances
Barbara Meszaros | Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss | Hans Christoph Begemann | Johannes Goritzki
Assorted instrumental pieces frame the one-act comedy Der Bassgeiger zu Worgl to create a snapshot of Michael Haydn’s output for...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 8/1999
GRIEG Piano Concerto Op 16. 4 Norwegian Dances Op 35. Lyric Suite Op 54
Elvind Gullberg Jensen | Hanover NDR Philharmonic Orchestra | Miroslav Kultyshev
More Grieg from a German radio orchestra under a Norwegian baton. And, like Eivind Aadland’s recent work in Cologne (Audite,...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2012
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