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Sibelius The Maiden in the Tower; Karelia
I have already discussed the provenance of this opera at some length last October and will not repeat more than...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1984
Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances
‘If you can’t dance it, you can’t play it’, writes Sarah Willis in the booklet note for this second instalment...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW22
Russian Romances
Dmitri Hvorostovsky | Oleg Boshniakovich
Though Hvorostovsky's recital includes some of the most attractive songs that Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov wrote, not all of them very...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1991
GARRIDO-LECCA Peruvian Suite. Symphonic Tableaux
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra | Miguel Harth-Bedoya | Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Add Celso Garrido-Lecca (b1926) to the long list of Latin American composers whose music deserves our attention. I’d heard his...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2017
Dvorak Slavonic Dances
Charles Mackerras | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras draws performances from the Czech Philharmonic which emphasize the dance element in these endlessly colourful pieces, with...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1999
Tim Hugh - Hands on Heart
This recital was designed as a tribute to Tim Hugh’s brother Steve, who died in 2005 in his mid-forties. A...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2008
Appassionato - Violin Encores
James Kirby | Lydia Mordkovitch
I suspect this issue, decorated with a red rose motif, is designed more as romantic background music than as something...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2003
Dudana Mazmanishvili - Piano Recital
Oehms Classics’ Debut series spotlights artists who have “proven their ability at major competitions and repeatedly demonstrate their exceptional artistic...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2007
O DAVIS Flight. Voyager. Airborne Dances
Kerenza Peacock | London Symphony Orchestra | Paul Bateman
Mainly set down in one session, Oliver Davis’s ‘Flight’ is a loose concept built around the violin-playing of Kerenza Peacock....
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2015
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring DEBUSSY Printemps
Three very different musical responses to spring make up this enterprising programme from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2018
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