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Review of Maderna Oboe Concertos

Maderna Oboe Concertos

The oboe was a special instrument for Bruno Maderna, and he filled these three concertos (composed in 1962-3, 1967 and...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1994

Review of Prokofiev Works for Cello and Orchestra

Prokofiev Works for Cello and Orchestra

These are decent, idiomatic performances, well worth acquiring at the price, though not without flaw. Alexander Rudin (born in 1960)...

Reviewed in issue 12/1997

Review of Beethoven Septet Op 20. Sextet Op 71

Beethoven Septet Op 20. Sextet Op 71

Beethoven came to be irritated by the success of his Septet, and told his publisher that the best that could...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/2011

Review of Youthful Rapture Chamber Music of Percy Graigner

Youthful Rapture Chamber Music of Percy Graigner

Grainger? Chamber Music? was my own first reaction: one which will, I think, be shared by many other listeners. And...

Reviewed in issue 3/1990

Review of Handel - Amore x Amore

Handel - Amore x Amore

With Handel’s delightful, often dramatic Italian cantatas still among his best-kept secrets, a new disc including three otherwise unavailable on...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/2010

Review of Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maria Yudina

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maria Yudina

Her overtly spiritual manner, uncompromising repertoire and refusal to kowtow to authority gave Maria Yudina a saintly aura unique in...

Reviewed in issue 5/1999

Review of Brahms; Joachim Violin Concertos

Brahms; Joachim Violin Concertos

An excellent idea to couple the youthful Joseph Joachim's gypsy-style Second Concerto with the Brahms masterpiece that Joachim helped to...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 5/2008

Review of Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 14, 17 and 23

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 14, 17 and 23

Previously heard largely in off-beat repertoire for Collins and Hyperion, Artur Pizarro now re-emerges on Linn Records with performances of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2003

Review of Telemann Fantasias for Solo Violin

Telemann Fantasias for Solo Violin

The attraction of unaccompanied works such as these to performers in the mould of Maya Homburger, Peter Sheppard and Andrew...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 6/1996

Review of Bruckner Symphonies Nos 5, 6, 8 and 9

Bruckner Symphonies Nos 5, 6, 8 and 9

With the deaths of Wand, Celibidache and Giulini, the past five years have been good to the scant remaining Bruckner...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 1/2006


 

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