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SZYMANOWSKI Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

Karol Szymanowski didn’t like his First Symphony (190607), though as so often with great composers and their fledgling offspring, his...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2013

SCOTT Piano Concerto, Op 10. Cello Concerto, Op 19

This is an ecstatic outpouring of unknown music. Scott studied in Frankfurt along with Grainger and Quilter, then returned to...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 09/2013

RIISAGER Violin Works; Symphony No 2

Here we have not just a follow-up to Dacapo’s appetising first volume of Riisager orchestral works (1/12), but also a...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2013

MOZART Symphonies Vol 2

It takes a fanatical Mozartian to claim these prepubescent symphonies as masterpieces. Yet each of them reveals the 12-year-old composer...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2013

MOZART Piano Concertos

It’s clear that Finghin Collins delights in Mozart and the four concertos here are the fruits of his time as...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2013

MERIKANTO Symphony No 2. Ekho

After the volatile, unruly and twice-written First Symphony (191216), Merikanto’s Second (1918) was produced with much greater ease – no...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2013

MENDELSSOHN Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

There are some memorable moments here, as well as one or two causes for critical doubt. For me, an obvious...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2013

MAHLER Symphony No 8

The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, is the common denominator here – and needless to say its venerated acoustic opens splendidly to this...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 09/2013

MAHLER Symphony No 7

In his chapter on the Seventh in The Mahler Companion (OUP: 2002), Peter Revers cites Gielen’s interpretation as paradigmatic of...

Reviewed by Quantrill in issue: 09/2013

LINDBERG Piaco Concerto No 2. EXPO. Al largo

Having already begun a major Nielsen project, Dacapo continues its association with the New York Philharmonic in this collection of...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2013

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