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Dvorák Slavonic Dances

Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances are among the most endearing works in the repertoire. In the 1870s they took London – a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2000

Haydn String Quartets, Op 76 Nos 1, 5 & 6

The sheer technical finish of the Alban Berg's playing can be taken for granted. But, unlike in their recording of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/2000

Gregson Trumpet Concerto; Saxophone Concerto; Piano & Wind Concerto

This summer Edward Gregson retires, after 12 years as Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music, to concentrate on...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/2008

Debussy (Le) Martyre de Saint Sébastien; Khamma

Reaching Vol 4 in their survey of Debussy’s orchestral works, the Lyon National Orchestra and Jun Märkl focus on two...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2010

Berg Early Songs; Pieces for Orchestra

It is only two years since Anne Sofie von Otter included Berg’s Seven Early Songs on a recital disc that...

Reviewed in issue 7/1996

Herrmann Torn Curtain

Let’s begin at the very end, so to speak. On the evening of December 23rd, 1975, a weary Bernard Herrmann...

Reviewed in issue 9/1998

Janet Hilton - Clarinet Concertos

Here are exemplary performances of four fine British clarinet concertos‚ each of which is notable for its strongly communicative spirit‚...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Debussy/Janá-c7ek/Prokofiev Violin Sonatas

A well-planned programme, with Prokofiev’s heavyweight First Sonata placed as its substantial centrepiece. Indeed, it is there most of all...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Myslivecek Symphonies

Admired by the young Mozart, Josef Myslivecek (1737-81) - dubbed “Il Boemo” (“The Bohemian”) by the Italians, unable to pronounce...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 3/2007

Herrmann Snows of Kilimanjaro

Although Bernard Herrmann's name is indelibly linked to Alfred Hitchcock, he made an impressive showing with producer Darryl Zanuck at...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 6/2008

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