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DVOŘÁK Symphonies Nos 7-9. Overtures (Bychkov)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Semyon Bychkov
There is, of course, a very real sense of ownership when the Czech Philharmonic play these pieces. Everything evolves so...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2024
WILD The Complete Transcriptions and Original Piano Works, Vol 3
Earl Wild almost single-handedly revived the 19th-century tradition of piano transcription. Today, the likes of Hamelin, Hough, Volodos and Katsaris...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2019
Shai Wosner: Impromptu
Lest anyone harbour reservations about Shai Wosner’s gifts as an imaginative programmer, this CD should lay them to rest. Using...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2017
Elgar Cello Concerto
Danish National Symphony Orchestra | Mario Venzago | Sol Gabetta
Don’t let the image of an attractive lady on the CD booklet-cover fool you into thinking that the marketing people...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2010
PROKOFIEV Peter and The Wolf RAWSTHORNE Practical Cats
>Presenter, actor and singer Alexander Armstrong is probably best known to children as the voice of CBBC’s Danger Mouse, and he...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2017
COPLAND Billy the Kid DVORÁK Symphony No 9
Gianandrea Noseda | National Symphony Orchestra
A brand-new label showcasing both the National Symphony Orchestra and their home – the Kennedy Center – in Washington DC...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020
STEINBERG Passion Week RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Chants
Alexander Lingas | Cappella Romana
This important and exciting release from the Portland, Oregon-based 26-strong chamber choir is a notable successor to their ‘Good Friday...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2015
Russian Masquerade
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra | Sakari Oramo
Of course transcription involves compromise here and amplification there but the case of Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives in this 1962 arrangement...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2019
Dvorák String Serenade; Elgar String Serenade; Grieg Holberg Suite
Conrad van Alphen | Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
My favourite versions of these oft-recorded works for string orchestra are all lush-toned and deeply expressive (see above), which perhaps...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 4/2004
Arensky Symphony No 1
Despite the unkind prediction of Rimsky-Korsakov, Arensky has never quite been forgotten, and here is an attractive introduction to his...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/2003
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