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Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 3 and 5; Sinfonia Concertante
Australian Chamber Orchestra | Christopher Moore | Richard Tognetti
These are bright, lively performances, on modern instruments but well aware of 18th-century style. The finales of all three works...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2011
Lim (The) Heart's Ear
Liza Lim’s music brings, it would seem, a metaphysical baggage with it. According to the insert notes by Max Nyffeler...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 6/2003
Nyman Love Counts
(Michael) Nyman Band | Andrew Slater | Helen Williams
Like Nyman’s earlier opera Man and Boy: Dada (6/05), Love Counts has a libretto by Michael Hastings, uses the Michael...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 7/2007
Haydn Keyboard Concertos, HobXVIII/4, 6 & 11
Andreas Staier | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Gottfried von der Goltz
Many are the concertos attributed to Haydn but these three are undisputedly authentic. The keyboard part in No 4 is...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 4/2005
Moszkowski Complete Piano Transcriptions
“After Chopin,” wrote Paderewski, “Moritz Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano” – a view reflected in these...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2009
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral works
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Seiji Ozawa
Ozawa's 1812 is certainly exciting and very well played. It has plenty of thrust, yet the Berlin Philharmonic strings obviously...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1986
Works for Solo Violin
The young American violinist Leila Josefowicz plays with thrilling verve and intensity. Her programme interestingly contrasts ‘serious’ virtuoso pieces, such...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/1997
Summer Sketches - Swedish Piano Music Vol II
Of the six composers included here only one or two are likely to be familiar to non-Swedish audiences. At a...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 1/2003
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Peter Diamand has been the eminence grise behind both Barenboim's recordings of this opera. He was in charge of the...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1991
Wuorinen Orchestral & Chamber Works
To my mind, the best of the compositions by the American composer Charles Wuorinen on these discs is the Second...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/1993
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