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Mozart Symphonies Nos 38 & 39

The spirited yet attentive playing here maintains the high level set by John Eliot Gardiner in his previous Mozart symphony...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1991

Bartók/Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra

Andrew Davis became a Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in the autumn of 1995, and has lost...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/1997

Kancheli Exil

Exil is dedicated to Manfred Eicher, the founder of the ECM label, to whom Kancheli paid such glowing tribute in...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Nørholm Chamber Works, Vol. 3

Kontrapunkt’s latest Norholm issue centres on his output for clarinet, cello and piano, ranging from the earnest early trio (1957)...

Reviewed in issue 9/1998

Shostakovich Symphony No 11

Do we need another Eleventh? Whether you take its composition as an act of conformism, a coded indictment of Soviet...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 9/2005

Sibelius Orchestral Works

In The Classical Catalogue there are three dozen listings of the Second Symphony and the present issue is the sixth...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1994

Kapsperger Lute Works

Were Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, a German of noble birth who lived and worked in Venice, alive today he would be...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 6/1991

Respighi Sinfonia Drammatica

This latest recording of Respighi's Sinfonia drammatica (the third so far) is by a long way the best, and the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1994

Menotti Orchestral Works

The music of Gian-Carlo Menotti – lyrical, colourful and communicative – has been sadly neglected by record companies. His may...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2001

Fingerbreaker - Classics of Ragtime and Early Jazz Piano

Norwegian pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen’s resume as a specialist in ragtime and early jazz styles mirrors his considerable keyboard artistry...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 6/1999

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