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Review of SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 11

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 11

I had hoped that this might prove the perfect recording with which to remember the late, lamented Yakov Kreizberg –...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2012

Review of REINER Music for Cello

REINER Music for Cello

Born in atec, Bohemia, Karel Reiner (1910-79) was the son of a cantor and graduated with distinction in both music...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2012

Review of PROKOFIEV Symphony No 5. The Year 1941

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 5. The Year 1941

I’m not sure we needed a recording of Prokofiev’s symphonic suite The Year 1941 but, as an up-beat to a...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2012

Review of POULENC Concerto for Organ. SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony

POULENC Concerto for Organ. SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony

Auckland Town Hall is one of those lucky venues that has a vigorous organ of its own (an Orgelbau Klais...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 08/2012

Review of MERIKANTO Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

MERIKANTO Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958) was a natural-born symphonist, yet his output in that genre is less extensive than it should be....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue:

Review of MARTINŮ Violin Concerto No 2. Symphony No 1

MARTINŮ Violin Concerto No 2. Symphony No 1

CD competition in Martinů’s Second Violin Concerto includes an especially fine version by Isabelle Faust with the Prague Philharmonia under...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2012

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Review of JANÁČEK Taras Bulba

JANÁČEK Taras Bulba

With his Pan-Slav ideal for Czech lands to be integrated into an entity presided over by the Russians, Janáček would...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 08/2012

Review of HOLST Symphony. Indra - Symphonic Poem

HOLST Symphony. Indra - Symphonic Poem

The early orchestral works on this recording – the Winter Idyll (1897), Walt Whitman Overture (1899) and Cotswolds Symphony (1899-1900)...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 08/2012

Review of GRIEG String Quartet No 1. Holberg Suite

GRIEG String Quartet No 1. Holberg Suite

The Australian Chamber Orchestra is renowned for its crisp, clean playing, superb ensemble and intonation, and vivacious style. The partnership...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2012

Review of GARRETA Les illes Medes. Impressions simfòniques

GARRETA Les illes Medes. Impressions simfòniques

The reviews editor, sending me this CD for comment, personally found Julio Garreta’s music ‘pretty enchanting’. I do too, and...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 08/2012


 

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