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ELGAR Falstaff CHADWICK Tam O'Shanter (Constantine)
Andrew Constantine | BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ever wondered what would happen if you broke Elgar’s Falstaff into several sections and inserted readings from Shakespeare’s Henry IV?...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2019
Dvorák String Quintets
(L')Archibudelli | Jirí Zigmund | Talich Quartet
Two eminently sensible couplings, Dvorák’s late ‘American’ chamber masterpieces from the Talich, and his two best string quintets – one...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 3/2003
DVOŘÁK The Complete Piano Trios
Boris Giltburg | Peter Jarůšek | Veronika Jarůšková
As with Shostakovich and his string quartets, there are no really early Dvořák piano trios. The First Trio in B...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW23
BORODIN Prince Igor
Compared to the task of sorting a performing version of Borodin’s unfinished 1869 87 opera, choosing an edition of a...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2014
Elgar Sea Pictures; Symphony No 2
Evgeni Svetlanov | Larissa Avdeyeva | USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Aficionados will recall that Svetlanov’s red-blooded Elgar Second enjoyed a short lease of life on the old HMV Concert Classics...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2004
Alexander Krichel: An die ferne Geliebte
Since Alexander Krichel’s remarkable 2011 debut recording, with its compelling Liszt B minor Ballade and selections from the second Année...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2019
Grofé Grand Canyon Suite. Gershwin Porgy & Bess Suite
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess was not the success he had hoped for at its New York premiere in 1935 and,...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1987
Gershwin Orchestral Works
Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Eduardo Mata
I agree with MH who reviewed the LP version that Mata does not so readily identify with the music of...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1983
Dvorák Symphony 9; Scherzo Capriccioso
Philadelphia Orchestra | Wolfgang Sawallisch
It is a long time since I heard such a naturally warm and affectionate reading of the New World Symphony...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1989
Dvorák Cello works
André Previn | Heinrich Schiff | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
When some five years ago I did a detailed comparison of the available recordings of the Dvorak Concerto for ''Building...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1993
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