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A LLOYD WEBBER 'Symphonic Suites'
Simon Lee | The Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestra
The symphonic suite has quite a pedigree, from those seeking to bask in the drama and hit tunes of favourite...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2021
DEAK Symphonic Tales
Narrators, like humour, are notoriously difficult to integrate into musical works. For every successful endeavour – Schoenberg rather had the...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2019
Chopin/Rachmaninov/Villa-Lobos - Piano Works
Marc-André Hamelin | Montréal Ensemble Contemporain | Véronique Lacroix
Here is Marc-Andre Hamelin off the leash, free to explore familiar as well as unfamiliar musical territory. Port-Royal’s superb release...
Reviewed in issue 7/2001
GRIEG Complete Symphonic Works Vol III
Eivind Aadland | WDR Symphony Orchestra
The first two discs in this ‘Complete Symphonic Works’ series (10/11, 11/11) were outstanding. This third is wholly exceptional. The...
Reviewed in issue 09/2013
Slavonic Fantasy
Jouko Harjanne | Kari Hänninen
The bright and honest sound of Finnish trumpet virtuoso Jouko Harjanne is impressively conveyed in this combination of original and...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2004
Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 2 and 12
With his proven ability to secure fine playing from less than front-rank orchestras, Mariss Jansons has been for some time...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 0/0
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev: Reflections
Let me introduce you to Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, a young Russian pianist of whom you will probably not have heard unless...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2019
Dvorák Symphonic Poems
John Farrer | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
It is surprising how few records there have been which re-create the triptych of the three concert overtures that Dvorak...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1992
Arcadi Volodos at Carnegie Hall
Taken live from his 1998 Carnegie Hall debut recital, Sony’s second Arcadi Volodos recital confirms a daunting legend. At 26...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1999
Panufnik Sinfonia di Sfere; Sinfonia Sacra
John Storgårds | Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrzej Panufnik’s music has always struck me as more elusive than its demonstrable surface suggests. Even the wartime Heroic Overture...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 11/2007
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