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CUNNINGHAM The Okavango Macbeth
Having set up an opera house in Botswana, how best to go about creating the basis of a repertoire on...
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 02/2012
Cloud River Mountain
Bang on a Can All-Stars | Gong Linna
Quick question: how many composers does it take to create a song-cycle? In the case of ‘Cloud River Mountain’, the answer is...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW17
Mahler Symphony No 9
Benjamin Zander | Philharmonia Orchestra
The key to the spirit of this remarkable performance comes on page six of Benjamin Zander’s booklet-note: ‘The ideal orchestra...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1999
Chamber Works for Bassoon
In 1969 Gordon Jacob wrote: ''The bassoon is now well established as a serious and noble instrument It has outlived...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1988
The Lorelei
Ambrosian Singers | John McGlinn | Kim Criswell | London Sinfonietta
Once again an entertaining mixture of rare and familiar songs fills out this latest recording devised by the conductor John...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 4/1994
Ravel Piano Works, Vol.1
Having recorded a complete Debussy cycle Gordon Fergus-Thompson moves on to Ravel and, to an even greater extent than in...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/1992
Sessions Chamber Works
Group For Contemporary Music | Joshua Gordon
Sessions is slowly making headway—the first five symphonies are available in the British catalogue now and I welcomed, with some...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 2/1995
R HANSON Thanksgiving Music
Jan Rautio | Jane Gordon | Sarah Leonard
Born in Birmingham in 1948, the composer and conductor Robert Hanson held directorial posts at both Dartington College of Arts...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2013
ARNOLD; GIPPS; SCHÖNBERGER Horn Concertos (Ben Goldscheider)
Ben Goldscheider | Lee Reynolds | Philharmonia Orchestra
The horn concertos by Malcolm Arnold (No 2, 1956) and Ruth Gipps (1969) have appeared on disc before, in scintillating...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2022
Elevazione - The Magic of the Oboe
Gordon Hunt | Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Gordon Hunt’s latest oboe collection is Baroque‚ though with a few helping modern hands. One of these belonged to Arthur...
Reviewed in issue 13/2002
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