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GOODYEAR Callaloo. PIano Sonata GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
The curtain rips apart with brash glissandos, followed by syncopated bitonality that cries out ‘Busoni in Trinidad!’, only to morph...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2019
DVOŘÁK. SMETANA Piano Trios
Having already produced French and Russian albums, the Atos Trio turn their attention to the Czechs. But the works on...
Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 10/2016
Glazunov: Orchestral and Ballet Works
I don't recall a previous complete recording of Les ruses d'amour being issued before in the UK: the analogue recording...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1988
Bolero - Orchestral Fireworks
Eiji Oue | Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue became the maestro of Minneapolis Orchestra in 1995, and they play impressively under their new conductor. One is...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/2000
Arnold Orchestral Works: The British Symphonic Collection, Vol 11
Douglas Bostock | Royal Aarhus Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra | Ulrik Spang-Hanssen
No fewer than three first recordings adorn Douglas Bostock’s latest release‚ in which some of Denmark’s finest young musicians lend...
Reviewed in issue 13/2002
Dvorák Orchestral Works
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Václav Talich
I reviewed this 1935 recording of the Slavonic Dances when it was reissued on the BBC's Vintage Collection label (12/89—nla)....
Reviewed in issue 6/1992
Danses nobles et sentimentales
Dimitry Sitkovetsky | Pavel Gililov
I have the feeling that we do not really live in the age of the encore piece—today's world has less...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 3/1990
American Classics
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra | John Mauceri
Uptown, the locals are hot and restless: they usually are. The first sound you'll hear is a sizzle-cymbal, and you'll...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/1994
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Petr Altrichter | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
The riotous Shostakovich encore apart, these are unusually thoughtful performances, benefiting from some notably articulate orchestral playing (try the Rimsky...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1999
Dvorak; Suk Violin Works
Pavel Sporcl has established himself on disc as the most charismatic of young Czech violinists, spontaneously imaginative and individual in...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2007
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