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ZEMLINSKY String Quartets Nos 2 & 4
Zemlinsky is one of those composers of not quite the first rank whose reputation continues to be overshadowed by his...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 01/2012
SCHWARZ Darwin's Dream
Schwartz’s Second String Quartet is a tribute to the sculptor Louise Nevelson and to Aaron Copland. He has paired them...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 01/2012
REYNOLDS Sanctuary
For those of us with the polyrhythmic landfall of free jazz drummers like Andrew Cyrille and Sunny Murray – the...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 01/2012
HOLMBOE Chamber Music Vol 1
After its fine string quartets cycle with the Kontra Quartet, Dacapo is evidently turning its attention to the substantial body...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2012
HAYDN Piano Trios
‘Piano Trios – 1’ says the inlay card, and it’s only to be hoped that the Kungsbacka Trio’s survey of...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2012
DVOŘÁK Love Songs Op 83. Cypresses. Piano Quintet
A great programming idea, this – couching the predominantly lyrical A major Piano Quintet in the context of love songs,...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2012
SVENDSEN Orchestral Works Vol 1
Although Johan Svendsen’s name remains familiar enough as one of the clutch of Norwegian composers one rung down from Grieg...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2012
RIISAGER The Symphonic Edition, Vol 1
This first volume of Dacapo’s Riisager Symphonic Edition contains works composed in his twenties and early thirties, which is to...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2012
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 3
The Caprice bohémien, linked emotionally and chronologically to Rachmaninov’s student opera Aleko, does not by any means play itself. As...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2012
McCARTNEY Ocean's Kingdom
Ocean’s Kingdom was commissioned by New York City Ballet and premiered in New York in September 2011. The scenario, featuring...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 01/2012
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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