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Review of Turnage Greek

Turnage Greek

Almeida Ensemble | Fiona Kimm | Helen Charnock | Quentin Hayes | Richard Bernas | Richard Suart

Arthaus Musik

Mark-Anthony Turnage's first opera, his Steven Berkoff treatment Greek (1988), packs quite a punch, reminding us of the vehemently oppositional...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 1/2008

Review of Dedicated to Christian Lindberg

Dedicated to Christian Lindberg

Christian Lindberg | Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra | Peter Rundel

BIS

In the wake of the charming pair of Nordic trombone concerto discs I reviewed in the May issue comes another...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 9/2007

Review of TURNAGE Anna Nicole

TURNAGE Anna Nicole

Alan Oke | Allison Cook | Andrew Rees | Antonio Pappano | Dominic Rowntree | Eva-Maria Westbroek | Gerald Finley | Grant Doyle | Loré Lixenberg | Peter Hoare

Opus Arte

It seems fitting that Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Anna Nicole should reach a wider audience through this vividly filmed DVD. Like Anna...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 11/2011

Review of Turnage Orchestral Works

Turnage Orchestral Works

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Simon Rattle | Ulrich Heinen

British Composers

This is a stunning collection, even more convincing proof than the recent recording of his opera Greek (Argo, 7/94) that...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1994

Review of Turnage (The) Silver Tassie

Turnage (The) Silver Tassie

Christine Buffle | English National Opera Chorus | English National Opera Orchestra | Geraint Evans | Grant Doyle | Heinz Kruse | Iris Vermillion | Katarina Giotas | Mark Wilde | Matthew Smith

ENO Alive

It says a good deal about the state of the record industry that this world première recording of Mark­Anthony Turnage’s...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Review of TURNAGE Undance. Crying Out Loud. No Let Up

TURNAGE Undance. Crying Out Loud. No Let Up

Paul Hoskins | Rambert Orchestra | Tim Murray | Undance Band

NMC

As Paul Griffiths suggests in his booklet-note, the sheer rhythmic quality of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s music makes it surprising he had...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2014

Review of CHOPIN Piano Concerto No 2; ROUSSEL Symphony No 3

CHOPIN Piano Concerto No 2; ROUSSEL Symphony No 3

BBC Symphony Orchestra | Lionel Bringuier | Nelson Freire

Bel Air Classiques

He looks hardly old enough to have started shaving but, lo, the flash of a smile, an energised swing of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue:

Review of Benjamin Olicantus; Rihm Cuts & Dissolves; Turnage (A) Quiet Life

Benjamin Olicantus; Rihm Cuts & Dissolves; Turnage (A) Quiet Life

Kazushi Ono | Michael Svoboda | Symphony Orchestra of La Monnaie

Warner Classics

The focus of Ars Musica Brussels 2004 was on two composers with whom Kazushi Ono had worked previously. Wolfgang Rihm...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 6/2005

Review of TURNAGE A Constant Obsession

TURNAGE A Constant Obsession

Chamber Domaine | Nicky Spence | Thomas Kemp

Resonus Classics

Although his output has latterly been notable for large-scale orchestral and theatrical works, chamber music has never been absent from...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue:

Review of TURNAGE From the Wreckage. Speranza

TURNAGE From the Wreckage. Speranza

Daniel Harding | Håkan Hardenberger | London Symphony Orchestra

LSO Live

These recordings come from Turnage’s brief LSO residency early in 2013 which included the world premiere of a major five-movement...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 01/2014

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