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BRUCKNER Symphony No 3

To recap: in Gramophone’s March 2015 issue, I nominated Bruckner’s Third Symphony as his most problematic score and suggested that...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 06/2015

BRIAN Symphonies Nos 9, 19 & 27

This disc is something special. It features some of Brian’s most attractive scores – including one of my very favourites,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2015

BRAHMS; BRUCH Violin Concertos

Apart from bearing the title ‘Timeless’ and including several moody photos of David Garrett, this issue has no links to...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 06/2015

BOCCHERINI; HAYDN Las Passione

‘Even when not written out, a single bassoon is always present to double the basses. There was certainly no harpsichord...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 06/2015

JS BACH; SCHNITTKE Concertos for 2 Violins

The Nemtanu sisters – Sarah, leader of the French National Orchestra, and Deborah, leader of the Paris Chamber Orchestra –...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2015

CPE BACH Hamburg Symphonies

Unfettered personal feelings burst forth; calm mingling with turbulence and harmonic disruption leap off the page at every turn. Sakari...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 06/2015

ALBÉNIZ; GRANADOS Piano Concertos

This absorbing disc, the 65th in Hyperion’s endlessly enterprising ‘Romantic Piano Concerto’ series, juxtaposes the Albéniz Concerto with two first...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2015

SCHUBERT Sonatas, Impromptus & Moments Musicaux

This is something special and I urge everyone interested in the discography of Schubert’s piano music to hear it. Unsure...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 06/2015

Tintomara

Tintomara is a character from 18th-century Swedish literature who, if not exactly Janus-like, has a dichotomous purpose in projecting the...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 06/2015

POULENC; JANÁČEK; PROKOFIEV String Quartets

Linking these three violin sonatas under the title ‘Sounds of War’ produces a powerful recital. Each work caused its composer...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 06/2015

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