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J STRAUSS II Orchestral Works

Not since Ferenc Fricsay and Carlos Kleiber have I heard better-prepared performances of Strauss family perennials. Granted that Clemens Krauss...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2014

SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

Rob Cowan reviewed the first volume of Heinz Holliger’s Schumann symphony cycle last December and concluded that, as it continued,...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2014

SAWYERS Cello Concerto. Symphony No 2

Here are three recent works of strong personality, genuine substance and warm-hearted integrity by a composer entirely new to me....

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2014

REVUELTAS La Noche de los Mayas TRIGOS Concerto No 2

Revueltas composed his music for the film La noche de los Mayas (his sixth film score) in 1939. While Chano...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2014

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 2 STRAUSS Burleske

Valerie Tryon’s second disc for Somm once more distils her very recognisable virtues. Whether in Rachmaninov, Richard Strauss or Dohnányi,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2014

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 24

At last the brightest stars in Sony’s firmament come together: Lang Lang (32) and Nikolaus Harnoncourt (nearly 85). The marketing...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2014

MOÓR Cello Concertos

'Almost completely forgotten’, says the booklet-note about Emanuel Moór (1863-1931), thus relieving the pangs of guilt within those of us...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2014

MENDELSSOHN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

The differences between these two productions strike home forcibly right from the off, as early as the First Symphony’s opening...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2014

MAHLER Symphony Nos 9 & 10 (Adagio)

A recap may be in order. In Edward Seckerson’s criticism of the ‘forensic exposition’ of the Sixth (8/14), David Gutman’s...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2014

MAHLER Symphony No 7

More than the other Mahler symphonies, No 7 lends itself to many diverse viewpoints, whether as a cram-packed dreamworld (Sinopoli,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2014

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