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Grofé Orchestral Works

Though it never quite scales the indelible melodic peaks of the Grand Canyon Suite, Ferde Grofe‘s 1926 Mississippi Suite (misspelt...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/1999

Bruckner Motets

One Bruckner motet is moving, one after another is immobilizing. ''All the air a solemn stillness holds'', and it's not...

Reviewed by jswain in issue: 3/1983

Sor Guitar Works

Marc Teicholz is the third guitarist to take part in Naxos’s integral recording of Sor’s works, and his user-friendly contribution...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1997

Bizet/Prokofiev/Haydn Symphonies

A neat trio of works, neatly executed, although the Prokofiev Classical strikes me as too relentlessly earnest and rather lacking...

Reviewed in issue 2/1994

Respighi Orchestral Works

There is no shortage of good couplings of Respighi’s three sets of Roman pictures, but this is among the very...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1997

Falla (La) vida breve

With its tragic denouement, its two short acts and its duration of just over an hour, Falla’s La Vida breve...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/2004

Nielsen Symphonies Nos 1 and 6 etc

The sound in both symphonies is a considerable improvement on the original LPs, and has less glare and greater richness...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Mahler Symphony No 3

This is the first release from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s in-house label. It’s easy to understand why Mahler’s Third Symphony...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 9/2007

Schubert: Lieder

Another hearing of this recital confirms any opinions expressed in October: the more reflective songs receive the more idiomatic performances...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1985

Mozart Complete String Quintets, Vol. 1

Modern recordings aspire to perfection. A good producer will be alert to the smallest imperfections of tuning‚ ensemble and balance‚...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

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