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Grieg Choral Music

Enigmatic to his last breath, Grieg, like Wagner, ended his composing life – in December 1906 – with a (for...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 3/2008

Haydn String Quartets

It wasn’t all wit and sparkle. Sure, Haydn had a huge capacity for humour but some of his letters to...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 2/2010

Stravinsky L'Histoire du Soldat

The Symphony in Three Movements is a rare and remarkable encounter of the Apollonian Stravinsky with his former Dionysiac self....

Reviewed in issue 5/1987

Dallas Space Spectacular - Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra; Holst The Planets

This new Delos ‘twofer’ features some handsomely secure playing from the Dallas Symphony and sumptuous, wide-ranging sound (with particularly well-defined...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1998

Mahler Symphonies Nos 4 & 5

What is this, a concert, a lecture or a marathon? Donald Mitchell’s still-authoritative exegesis (Faber: 1975) reveals how the Fourth...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 8/2011

Strauss, J II (Der) Ziguenerbaron, 'The Gypsy Baron'

Though recorded mostly in the spring of 1954, this classic recording was not released until over four years later. Hence...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 9/2009

Bernhard Stevens Violin Concerto; Symphony No 2

The outstanding work here is the Violin Concerto. Written largely in intervals in night-time guard duty at the height of...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1990

A Vauxhall Gardens Entertainment

''A Vauxhall Gardens Entertainment'', this agreeable CD is called, though in fact little of the music is likely ever to...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1989

Bretan The Evening Star

Very curious. Although Nicolae Bretan lived from 1887 to 1968, his music betrays no influence more recent than Rimsky-Korsakov; it...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1996

Scarlatti Family Cantatas & Sonatas

Like many Neapolitan families, the Scarlattis were a numerous clan. Alessandro, the most famous composer of operas and vocal music...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1997

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