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Review of CHOPIN Piano Concertos

CHOPIN Piano Concertos

Ingrid Fliter received rave reviews for her two all-Chopin discs for EMI – that of the Waltzes (12/09) remains among...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2014

Review of SCHMELZER Sacro-Profanus

SCHMELZER Sacro-Profanus

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c1620/23 1680) spent most of his career occupying prestigious appointments at the Viennese court of Emperor Leopold...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2014

Review of WAGNER Der Ring Das Nibelungen - Orchestral Excerpts

WAGNER Der Ring Das Nibelungen - Orchestral Excerpts

The well-established son of a famous conductor and Wagnerian (Armin Jordan), Philippe Jordan’s Wagner from America and Europe has already...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 02/2014

Review of VIVALDI Concertos for 2 Violins and Strings

VIVALDI Concertos for 2 Violins and Strings

Founded in 2012 and named after Cesti’s opera for the wedding festivities of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I in...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2014

Review of STRAUSS Violin Concerto. Violin Sonata

STRAUSS Violin Concerto. Violin Sonata

Not long ago I was praising Richard Strauss’s early (1887) Violin Sonata, attractively played by Tasmin Little and Piers Lane,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 02/2014

Review of SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht. Chamber Symphony No 2

SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht. Chamber Symphony No 2

Coupling Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht with his Second Chamber Symphony brings out contrasts as great as any this always provocative composer...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 02/2014

Review of RÖNTGEN Cello Concertos

RÖNTGEN Cello Concertos

Fourteen sonatas, three concertos and five works for solo cello show what a presence the instrument was in Julius Röntgen’s...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2014

Review of RESPIGHI Complete Orchestral Music Vol 4

RESPIGHI Complete Orchestral Music Vol 4

Volume 4 in Francesco La Vecchia’s ambitious Respighi series for Brilliant Classics launches in crisply invigorating style with the irresistible...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2014

Review of Thomas Zehetmair plays Ravel & Debussy

Thomas Zehetmair plays Ravel & Debussy

Starting as the impassioned solo violinist in a smoky, seductive performance of Ravel’s Tzigane, Thomas Zehetmair then conducts the Orchestre...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2014

Review of RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin. Rapsodie Espagnole. Boléro

RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin. Rapsodie Espagnole. Boléro

During his tenure at the helm of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève brought his natural exuberance and taste...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2014

 

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