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Concert in Sanssouci

Though Johann Kirnberger does not appear to have been of the inner circle, the Allegro of his Symphony in D...

Reviewed in issue 11/1997

Severin Eisenberger (1879-1945)

Severin Eisenberger (1879-1945) was a Leschetizky pupil who, according to Opal’s notes, “embodied the last musical culture of Central Europe”,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1996

Tom Kerstens - Danza!

In the booklet-notes Tom Kerstens says he ‘could not resist indulging in the more light-hearted side of the repertoire’. The...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 2/2006

Popular French Romantics Vol. 1

Here is highly satisfying entertainment. I don't count Lefebure-Wely's least-nauseous steam-organ piece, which I was into before I realized what...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Debussy String Quartet; Ravel String Quartet; Violin Sonata

Adding Ravel’s G major Violin Sonata to the common quartet coupling is a confident move on the part of Hyperion,...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 6/2010

Montsalvatge Chamber Works

Hot on the heels of their first recording of his opera, Una voce in off (A/02), Columna Música has released...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 2/2003

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Davis's device of having a chorus singing the chant-like music at the opening of 1812 works even more impressively on...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1984

Liszt; Wagner Sonatas and Metamorphoses

This boldly enterprising disc remembers Liszt’s homage to Wagner. Generous to a fault, Liszt basked in Wagner’s genius only to...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2007

Russian Orthodox Vespers for St Joseph of Volokolamsk

Another fascinating recording from Grindenko’s magnificent choir, this time of chant from the Monastery of the Dormition in Volokolamsk for...

Reviewed in issue 7/1997

Haydn Stabat Mater

This repackaging of Parisian performances from 1964 (the symphony and concerto) and 1978 is a case of misplaced piety. The...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2009

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