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Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky Symphony No 3
Gilbert Levine | Jeffrey Campbell | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
This unexpected and in some ways incongruous coupling is defended by the conductor on the grounds of stylistic diversity and...
Reviewed in issue 10/1997
Glass/Wilson (The) Civil Wars
First, the music. The opening moments are typical. Dramatic brass writing sets the mood with string arpeggios flapping alongside like...
Reviewed in issue 8/1999
Alfred Deller Vanguard Edition, Vol 2 - Purcell
The cordial welcome which greeted the first volume of Vanguard’s reissued recordings of Alfred Deller and his consort (3/09) can...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/2009
Impressions for Saxophone & Orchestra
Myron Michailidis | Theodore Kerkezos | Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra
Theodore Kerkezos's third album for Naxos offers a viable if by no means inclusive overview of post-war Greek music. The...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 3/2007
LULLY Atys
Hard on the heels of Armide (10/11) comes this equally splendid DVD of Atys. How the production came about makes...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 03/2012
Alexander Krichel plays Chopin, Hummel & Mozart
Alexander Krichel | Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra | Wojciech Rajski
Four works for piano and orchestra by Chopin, Mozart and Hummel on a single disc. Different. Intriguing. Sony signed Alexander...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2015
SAINSBURY; FOULDS Cello Concertos
It is a particular pleasure to welcome Lionel Sainsbury’s Cello Concerto, since many years ago by happenstance (it’s a long...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2012
Delius and his Circle
‘Paul Guinery?’ many UK readers will ask. ‘Where have I heard that name?’ Either Stone Records thinks it doesn’t matter...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2012
Crumb Voice of the Whale
You ideally need two reviewers for this. Firstly the ‘stern, sober mind’, once evoked in a New Yorker column by...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/2002
Klemperer conducts Rameau/Bach
New Philharmonia Orchestra | Otto Klemperer | Philharmonia Orchestra
I am delighted that EMI have reissued these recordings of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites, for although the passage...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1992
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