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Sheng Orchestral Works
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra | Juliana Gondek | Samuel Wong
It may sound premature to speak of a retrospective for a 47-year old composer, to say nothing of separating his...
Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 5/2003
Debussy Piano Works
Debussy’s 12 Etudes are surely the ultimate example of the genre. Chopin’s mastery notwithstanding, no composer has turned the severest...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1997
Bloch Symphony in E flat etc
Dalia Atlas | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
First, an alert to film buffs. Anyone schooled in the stylistic manners of Korngold, Steiner or Alfred Newman will likely...
Reviewed in issue 3/1998
Bryn Terfel - Tutto Mozart!
Bryn Terfel | Charles Mackerras | Christine Rice | Miah Persson | Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Unlike many showcase CDs for famous singers, this one has been carefully planned to demonstrate Terfel’s many-faceted gifts as a...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 13/2006
Barber Vocal and Chamber Works
Endellion Qt | Roger Vignoles | Thomas Allen
What a rich harvest of Barber we have had this year. Following up DG's collected edition of the songs, with...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1994
French Orchestral Works
André Previn | Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
I had hoped for more. A fine modern version of Ibert's Escales would have been most welcome. This new one...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/1990
Brahms/Sibelius/Stenhammer Lieder
Listening to the youthful tone and secure technique exhibited on this recital, it seems hard to credit that Hagegard is...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1999
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Pinchas Zukerman | Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
There are, almost needless to say, already a fair number of versions of Vivaldi's Four Seasons on CD. I have...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1984
Brixi Organ Concertos
Julius Berger | South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra | Stefan-Johannes Bleicher
Hot on the heels of Jan Hora's disc of three of Brixi's organ concertos (see above) comes this release of...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/1992
Taneyev Orchestral Works
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Mu Hai Tang | Werner Thomas-Mifune
Taneyev is one of those composers apparently destined to be more admired than loved—rather like Reger, perhaps, whose heavy antique...
Reviewed in issue 4/1993
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