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SVENDSEN Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Symphony No 1

The Chandos/Järvi/Svendsen survey moves backwards to the late 1860s and early 1870s, when the newly Leipzig-graduated composer was travelling Europe...

Reviewed in issue 07/2013

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 8

So much in the opening paragraph of Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony mirrors the Fifth: only it’s the dark side of the...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2013

SCHUBERT Symphony No 6

The Sixth is the most egregious of Schubert’s eight symphonies. With an opening movement which could pass muster as one...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2013

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 3. Symphonic Dances Op 45

The 2009 release of the Second Symphony was a reminder of Leonard Slatkin’s sympathy for Rachmaninov’s music and its emotional...

Reviewed by Geoffrey–Norris in issue: 07/2013

MAHLER Symphony No 6

For the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, which launched its own label recently with Mahler’s perhaps too-often recorded First Symphony (4/13), a...

Reviewed by Ken Smith in issue: 07/2013

MAHLER Symphony No 4 DEBUSSY Prélude à L’après-midi d’un faune

Just when you thought that last season’s Mahler centenary had exhausted the possibilities of new recruits to the late Romantics,...

Reviewed by Ken Smith in issue: 07/2013

KALABIS Symphonies Nos 2 & 3. Concertos

Sadly, even the name, let alone the music, of Viktor Kalabis (1923-2006) will be unknown to most readers, yet he...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2013

HOLMBOE Concertos & Chamber Music

Holmboe’s reputation may rest ultimately on his symphonies and string quartets but he was prolific in a vast array of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2013

HESKETH Wunderkammer (konzert)

Titling this disc ‘Wunderkammer(konzert)’, with a Joseph Cornell collection of miniature found objects as cover image, flags up Kenneth Hesketh’s...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 07/2013

GRIEG 3 Concerti for Violin and Chamber Orchestra

In arranging Grieg’s violin and piano sonatas for violin and chamber orchestra, Henning Kraggerud and Bernt Simen Lund (a member...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 07/2013

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