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Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 - 9

It would be difficult to find an odder Beethoven cycle than this. A mish-mash of Berlin Philharmonic and Bavarian RSO...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/2003

Britten The Rescue of Penelope; Phaedra

Soon after his return from America, at the height of the war in 1943, Britten wrote incidental music for a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1996

Tippett Orchestral Works

Firm enjoyment from start to finish. Marriner and the Academy recorded two of these pieces (namely the Concerto for Double...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/1996

Thirteen Ways

Whether for reasons of economy or aesthetics, the chamber ensemble is the primary vehicle for contemporary classical music – witness...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 13/2003

Modern American Vocal Works

In his affectionate memoir to accompany this CD, Ned Rorem recalls Barber, Thomson and Copland as composers, performers and teachers....

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 9/1999

The Age of Bel Canto

Starting with “The Art of the Prima Donna” in 1960, Decca presented their star soprano in a series of double-album...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/1996

Boulez/Wuorinen Piano Sonatas

Lovely performances, most sensitively engineered, of three works inspired by the sublime artistry of Leon Goossens. Gordon Hunt, currently the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/1997

Beethoven Missa Solemnis

Those who know Zinman and the Tonhalle’s set of Beethoven symphonies‚ also on Arte Nova (7/99)‚ will have a more...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Reger Piano Transcriptions of Bach

The problem for the pianist tackling organ music is the necessity on the piano to incorporate pedal parts into music...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/2009

Martinu Cello Sonatas Nos 1, 2 & 3

The focus on Martinu’s works for cello and piano continues even though the 50th anniversary year of his death has...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 8/2010

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