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Review of WEBER Symphonies Nos 1 and 2. Bassoon Concerto

WEBER Symphonies Nos 1 and 2. Bassoon Concerto

Weber’s only symphonies were knocked off at great speed – with quasi-Mozartian fluency of melody, orchestration and pulse (and a...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2013

Review of VILLA-LOBOS Symphonies Nos 6 & 7

VILLA-LOBOS Symphonies Nos 6 & 7

Just what the world needs, another cycle of Villa-Lobos symphonies? Well, one thing becomes clear from the get-go – Carl...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 01/2013

Review of VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Early and Late Works

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Early and Late Works

Given the conspicuous success of John Wilson’s world premiere recording of the imposing Heroic Elegy and Triumphal Epilogue (6/10), it...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2013

Review of TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6. Rome and Juliet

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6. Rome and Juliet

Following their intensely refreshing, at times revelatory forays into Schubert, Schumann and Bruckner, Thomas Dausgaard and his exemplary Swedish CO...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2013

Review of TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty Op 66

TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty Op 66

This is a good, practical interpretation of The Sleeping Beauty. The playing by the Bergen Philharmonic is strong and spirited;...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2013

Review of STRAUSS Alpensinfonie. Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten

STRAUSS Alpensinfonie. Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten

A dramatic case of fire and ice if ever there was one. The São Paulo SO, sagely conducted by Frank...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2013

Review of SALONEN Violin Concerto. Nyx

SALONEN Violin Concerto. Nyx

If your ideal of musical Finnishness has to match the austerity and intensity of Tapiola, Sibelius’s final tone-poem, then the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 01/2013

Review of RÓZSA Orchestral Works Vol 3

RÓZSA Orchestral Works Vol 3

Though Miklós Rózsa had a cosmopolitan career, studying in Leipzig and living in Paris and London before becoming one of...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013

Review of RIES Piano Concertos Opp 42 & 177

RIES Piano Concertos Opp 42 & 177

Violins not spread out but bunched on the left, cellos and basses similarly on the right. The piano is dead...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 01/2013

Review of PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No 2. Sonata for violin Op 80

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No 2. Sonata for violin Op 80

This splendidly recorded performance of the Second Concerto accentuates its stark and sudden contrasts – the first movement’s swings of...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013

 

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