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Chromosphere: Symphonic Colours of the Woodwind Orchestra
Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble | Shea Lolin
Subtitled ‘symphonic colours of the woodwind orchestra’, Divine Art’s ‘Chromosphere’ is an engaging collection of attractive new works – all...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2024
M BROUWER Rhapsodies (Alsop)
Marin Alsop | Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
As Donald Rosenberg noted (6/22US) of a previous album of hers, ‘Margaret Brouwer covers a lot of emotional territory in...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2024
Brahms Hungarian Dances
Claudio Abbado | Kurt Masur | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Both issues offer distringuished performances by two of the world's great orchestras under conductors of stature. The playing of the...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1984
Mozart Symphonies Nos. 39 & 40
Claudio Abbado | Mozart Orchestra
Not always echt Claudio Abbado. A flaccid introduction to No 39 doesn’t bode well. Mellow orchestral articulation and distant timpani...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 1/2012
Shostakovich/Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Claudio Abbado | Miss Midori
It makes an original and attractive coupling having the Tchaikovsky concerto together with this twentieth-century Russian masterpiece. The implication is...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1998
MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 27
Claudio Abbado | Maria João Pires | Mozart Orchestra
No susurrating strings at the beginning of K466. Claudio Abbado ensures that the syncopated rhythm, though soft, is precisely articulated,...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 01/2013
Hymns to Saint Ceciia
Felicity Lott | Royal Holloway Choir, University of London | Rupert Gough
With their latest disc, The Choir of Royal Holloway and Music Director Rupert Gough ensure that Oxbridge ensembles don’t have...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2014
Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
Claudio Abbado stepped down from his post as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in May 2002 on the...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2018
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4; Romeo and Juliet
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Claudio Abbado
In Abbado's earlier Tchaikovsky series on LP recorded for DG with the Vienna Philharmonic the really outstanding issue was of...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1989
Schubert/Schumann Sacred Choral Works
Working with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe on Schubert has always been an inspiration to Claudio Abbado. That is so...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1993
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