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Orchestre Russe

The idea of the French Carpe Diem Ensemble is to take symphonic music to places that would not otherwise be...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 9/2010

The Sorcerer's Apprentice French Symphonic Poems

This is a well-planned and interesting anthology that is partly let down by a comparatively ordinary performance of the most...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1996

Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht;

My immediate impression was positive. Verklarte Nacht begins with exemplary quietness, the tempo appropriately measured. But a lack of inner...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1995

Anderson: Mask and other works

Here, if nothing else, we have the chance to assess Barry Anderson's influence as collaborator on the electronic music in...

Reviewed in issue 7/1990

Philippus de Monte Motets

Here are 16 of Philippe de Monte’s 250 or so motets‚ a small specimen selection of the output of this...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Guarnieri Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

Swedish-based BIS has made several forays into Latin American repertoire, most memorably with the Cuban Ernesto Lecuona. Now, in what...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2002

Corigliano Piano Concerto;Ticheli Radiant Voices;Postcard

It is good to have two alternative recordings of Corigliano’s Piano Concerto, a powerful and ambitious work in four sharply...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1996

Goossens Orchestral Works

Welcoming Vernon Handley’s world premiere recording of the Second Symphony (7/96), I commented on ‘the epic grandeur and turbulent demeanour...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2005

Britten Peter Grimes

The transfer to CD of the Philips recording of Peter Grimes restores to the catalogue one of the most exciting...

Reviewed in issue 11/1991

Mozart Violin Concertos

As on his previous record of Mozart violin concertos reviewed last December, Lin here has the edge over most rivals...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1988

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