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Review of ZANI Complete Cello Concertos

ZANI Complete Cello Concertos

Andrea Zani (1696-1757) was active in his native northern Italy but his career included an extended period in Vienna in...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 11/2013

Review of WAGNER Overtures and Preludes

WAGNER Overtures and Preludes

An ideal way of presenting Wagner’s overtures and preludes – in date order, from 1833/34 to 1868, showing the composer’s...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/2013

Review of VIVALDI Bassoon Concertos

VIVALDI Bassoon Concertos

Since its foundation in 1989, Ensemble Zefiro (named after the god of the Western Wind) has notched up a distinguished...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2013

Review of VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Three Impressions. Mayor of Casterbridge

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Three Impressions. Mayor of Casterbridge

Here’s another enterprising haul from Albion Records devoted to rare gems from Vaughan Williams’s output, none more fascinating than the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2013

Review of SZYMANOWSKI Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

SZYMANOWSKI Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

Not a disc to consume at one sitting, I fancy. Each of the three works, though well contrasted and distinctively...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2013

Review of SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

This is vivid, provocative Schubert from the fast-rising young Spaniard dubbed by the New York Times ‘the thinking person’s idea...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/2013

Review of PROKOFIEV Symphony No 4. The Prodigal Son

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 4. The Prodigal Son

Things are finally looking up for Prokofiev the symphonist, with complete cycles in train from Andrew Litton and Marin Alsop....

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2013

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Review of MOZART Symphonies Nos 1,4, 6, 35 & 38

MOZART Symphonies Nos 1,4, 6, 35 & 38

Interesting that at the start of the eight-year-old Mozart’s First Symphony’s opening Molto allegro, the marking for the first two...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2013

Review of MADERNA Violin Concerto. Piano Concerto

MADERNA Violin Concerto. Piano Concerto

I’ve written before about Bruno Maderna’s Piano Concerto (1/11), my sense of it as a radical synthesis of everything good...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 11

Review of LINDBERG Violin Concerto. Souvenir

LINDBERG Violin Concerto. Souvenir

Lindberg’s Violin Concerto of 2006 is the standout work in this latest instalment of his output from Ondine. It manages...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2013


 

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