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Hindemith Orchestral Works
Eugene Ormandy | Philadelphia Orchestra
After a period of absence Hindemith seems to be coming back into favour, gramophonically, at any rate, with a number...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1988
Missa Mexicana
Andrew Lawrence-King | Harp Consort
The Mass at the centre of this recording is the Missa Ego flos campi by Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, a...
Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 4/2003
Chen (The) Butterfly Lovers Concerto
James Judd | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Takako Nishizaki
The Butterfly Lovers Concerto belongs to China’s communist era; the work of students Chen Gang (b1935) and He Zhanho (b1933),...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/2004
DVOŘÁK String Quartets Vol 1
Oliver Triendl | Vogler Quartet
My advice is to tackle Op 34 first, undoubtedly one of Dvořák’s early masterpieces, and although the Vogler Quartet opt...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2013
Borodin Orchestral Works
BBC Symphony Chorus | Geoffrey Simon | Philharmonia Orchestra
Stokowski's orchestration of Borodin's Requiem is not what it might seem, but a five-minute work that was originally one of...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/1994
Addinsell; Gershwin; Mathieu Piano Concertos
Alain Lefèvre | Quebec Symphony Orchestra | Yoav Talmi
André Mathieu, born in Quebec in 1929, was an infant prodigy who never fulfilled his promise. He composed his Concerto...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/2004
Dvorák Serenade Op. 44 : Myslivecek Octets Nos 1-3
(Sabine) Meyer Wind Ensemble | Christoph Schmidt | Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
With plenty of versions of Dvorak’s evergreen Serenade to choose from, Sabine Meyer enters a competitive arena. The players give...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1996
Ziehrer Orchestral Works Vol 3
Christian Pollack | Razumovsky Sinfonia
Carl Michael Ziehrer (18431922) gained distinction as successor to the Strausses as the very last holder of the official Habsburg...
Reviewed in issue 3/2002
PROKOFIEV Symphonies Nos 4 & 6
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Kirill Karabits
No fewer than three recent Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra chiefs have been recording Prokofiev symphonies, in Bergen and São Paulo as...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2015
Schumann; Dvorak Piano Concertos
Justin Brown | Odense Symphony Orchestra | Vassily Primakov
Dvorák’s Piano Concerto is a problematic work. Even Sviatoslav Richter admitted that it remained among his greatest challenges, referring to...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2010
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