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Review of MARTIN; HONEGGER; SCHOECK Cello Concertos

MARTIN; HONEGGER; SCHOECK Cello Concertos

Anyone seeking an entry point into Arthur Honegger’s unique sound world could hardly do better than the seductive opening of...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2012

Review of HALVORSEN Orchestral Works Vol 4

HALVORSEN Orchestral Works Vol 4

The previous releases in Chandos’s Halvorsen orchestral series juxtaposed shorter pieces with the symphonies and theatrical suites. Having run out...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2012

Review of GRIEG Piano Concerto Op 16. 4 Norwegian Dances Op 35. Lyric Suite Op 54

GRIEG Piano Concerto Op 16. 4 Norwegian Dances Op 35. Lyric Suite Op 54

More Grieg from a German radio orchestra under a Norwegian baton. And, like Eivind Aadland’s recent work in Cologne (Audite,...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2012

Review of GÁL Symphony No 4 SCHUMANN Symphony No 2

GÁL Symphony No 4 SCHUMANN Symphony No 2

If there were an Olympic discipline for transparency of orchestration (not so fanciful a notion, since music formed part of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2012

Review of SAINSBURY; FOULDS Cello Concertos

SAINSBURY; FOULDS Cello Concertos

It is a particular pleasure to welcome Lionel Sainsbury’s Cello Concerto, since many years ago by happenstance (it’s a long...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2012

Review of ELGAR Cello Concerto; Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos 1-5

ELGAR Cello Concerto; Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos 1-5

In the concert hall Paul Watkins has already shown himself to be an exemplary exponent of Elgar’s Cello Concerto, so...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2012

Review of BRUCKNER Symphony No 7

BRUCKNER Symphony No 7

Daniel Barenboim is both the most inspiring and at times the most exasperating of interpretative geniuses. In Bruckner, whole paragraphs...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2012

Review of BRUCKNER Symphony No 1

BRUCKNER Symphony No 1

The last version of the 1866 ‘Linz’ edition of Bruckner’s First that I reviewed was Mario Venzago’s with the Tapiola...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2012

Review of BRAHMS Symphonies Nos 1-4

BRAHMS Symphonies Nos 1-4

The 100-year-old Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra is a modestly sized ensemble from southern Sweden which plays on modern instruments. Its work...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2012

Review of BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Warmth and vitality are appropriate keywords for this coupling, a practical Bartók primer you might say, well played, persuasively interpreted...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2012

 

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