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Glazunov Symphonies Nos 4 & 5
Russian State Symphony Orchestra | Valéry Polyansky
Glazunov's eight completed symphonies are like as many delicate ballet dancers crammed into executive dress. Time and again, one senses...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/1999
Shostakovich Cheremushki
Cheremushki, or Cheryomushki as the Grove convention has it (it’s misprinted in the 1980 edition but corrected in the 1986...
Reviewed in issue 4/1998
Flute Concertos
Georges Guéneux | Peter-Lukas Graf | Räto Tschupp | Zurich Camerata
Doubts about the pedigree of much of the music on this disc need not interfere with the pleasure of listening...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1987
Verdi (La) traviata
Amid a welter of publicity and sold-out performances, Salzburg launched its new Traviata in the summer in a controversially modern...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2005
Gaathaug Chamber Works
Bjorn Solum | Katrine Buvarp | Soon-Mi Chung | Stephan Barratt-Due | Terje Nymark | Tore Dingstad
It’s difficult to assess music that, a powerfully shaped Gravamente in the Clarinet Sonata apart, is expertly written but otherwise...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 8/1998
Campra Messe de Requiem
This Radio France recording was made, fittingly, in the Royal Chapel at Versailles Palace, the venue where André Campra served...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 8/2011
Anthems from Salisbury
Colin Walsh | Richard Seal | Salisbury Cathedral Choir
This record is sheer delight. The Salisbury Cathedral Choir have a most appealing quality which matches the character of the...
Reviewed in issue 9/1987
Schubert Piano Duets, Vol. 2
This is a disc to investigate for the light that it sheds on Schubertian byways and for the thoughtful and...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1993
Complete George Crumb Edition Volume 6
This is the sixth volume of Bridge’s Complete Crumb Edition, with a mixed group of works written between 1964 and...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 7/2003
Boccherini Quintets for Guitar and String Quartet
Andrea Mameli | David Morata | Ferran de la Varga | Iñaki Etxepare | Joan Carles Martinez
Given that there are only two other complete recordings of Boccherini’s guitar quintets available, and those having been around for...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 4/2006
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