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Review of The Galileo Project

The Galileo Project

New and imaginative ways of programming Baroque repertoire that was never intended for the modern concert or CD formats are...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2012

Review of Frederick the Great: Music for the Berlin Court

Frederick the Great: Music for the Berlin Court

The booklet-notes for this release cite the term ‘Berlin Classicism’ for the school of talented composers working at the court...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2012

Review of Arcadia Lost: Music of Vaughan Williams & Britten

Arcadia Lost: Music of Vaughan Williams & Britten

A concept album which may or may not suit the dedicated collector but is certainly worth trying. Melba’s packaging includes...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2012

Review of WAGNER Symphonies - WWV29; WWV35. Huldigungsmarsch. Kaisermarsch

WAGNER Symphonies - WWV29; WWV35. Huldigungsmarsch. Kaisermarsch

After four CDs placing Henk de Vlieger’s egregious digests of the music dramas alongside other orchestral items, Neeme Järvi and...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 06/2012

Review of VERDI Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

VERDI Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

There have been a number of collections of the ballets that Verdi wrote for Parisian productions of his operas. Notoriously,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 06/2012

Review of VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No 2

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No 2

Both performances emanate from the final concert in Christopher Seaman’s final season (his 13th in all) as music director of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2012

Review of TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 5

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 5

Dmitri Kitaenko’s new Fifth may be a rather less wayward creature than his Manfred (A/10) but that doesn’t necessarily make...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2012

Review of TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 1. Marche Slave

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 1. Marche Slave

The opening of the symphony is a very pointed example of what makes Pletnev both intriguing and irritating. Tchaikovsky’s marking...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2012

Review of STRAVINSKY The Firebird

STRAVINSKY The Firebird

‘Wastefully large’, Stravinsky notoriously came to label his original orchestration of The Firebird in the 1910 ballet recorded here, but...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 06/2012

Review of SCHUMANN Piano Concerto Op 54

SCHUMANN Piano Concerto Op 54

Sophie Pacini (b1991) is a protégée of Martha Argerich and it shows – not only in her front-cover portrait but...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 06/2012

 

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Reinvented almost 60 years since the introduction of the original, this preamp/power amp combination...

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