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Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos 1-6

First things first, and the very opening of the First Symphony’s first movement, subtitled “Daydreams on a Wintry Road”, is...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/1996

Bruckner Symphony No 5; Wagner Götterdämmerung (exc)

As I noted in my review of his 1949 Salzburg Festival Bruckner Seventh with the Vienna Philharmonic (Music & Arts,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/1996

Prokofiev War and Peace

What is it about Prokofiev that so riles the modernists? Even Stravinsky was prepared to allow that Prokofiev’s music had...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 8/2004

Boulez Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna; Notations

You don’t often hear recordings of Boulez’s music under someone else’s direction. Among the significant exceptions are two of the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2003

Clérambault Le Triomphe d'Iris

Following its two largely rewarding discs of chamber cantatas by Rameau's contemporary Clerambault (10/98 and 11/98), Naxos has come up...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/2000

Convivencia - Medieval Music from Andalusia

Much has been made of the natural affinity between early music and contemporary popular styles, though (Sting’s recent recording of...

Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 2/2007

Angel Romero Guitar Recital

When it comes to getting the right notes, with good sound and complete control, at whatever speed, Angel Romero has...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1990

Chesnokov Requiem; Orthodox Chants

Discovering anything about Pavel Grigoryevich Chesnokov (1877-1944) is not easy: Soviet dictionaries, and a Soviet lexicographer writing in Grove, were...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1996

Rautavaara Before the Icons; A Tapestry of Life

Has Rautavaara written himself out? Not in the sense of his continuing production of large-scale works (unlike, say, Sibelius, Lilburn,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 8/2010

Suk Piano Works

Though he wrote a few large-scale orchestral works, Suk was happier with smaller forms, and his piano music includes some...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/2006

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