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Schubert/Schumann Symphonies

“I think of it as one of the greatest symphonic poems” said Harnoncourt of Die schone Melusine in an interview...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/1996

Bantock Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2; Cronach; Salve Regina

Dedicated to that great British violinist Albert Sammons‚ the first of Bantock’s three violin sonatas was penned in 1928­29 and...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Rachmaninov (The) Bells; Symphonic Dances

Enthusiasts in the know have long waxed lyrical about Kyrill Kondrashin’s blistering 1963 recording of Rachmaninov’s swansong and now it’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/2006

Busoni Preludes, Op. 37 & Bliss Piano Sonata

The obscure connection between the works on this disc comes from Herbert Fryer, who studied with Busoni, and was in...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 11/2000

Handel Semele

After 1741 Handel never again wrote or performed operas in London, but during the mid-1740s he created these two unstaged...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2008

Prokofiev Piano Concertos

Prokofiev’s piano concertos still retain their aura of scandal, their whiff of grapeshot fired by one musical faction at another....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/1996

Shostakovich String Quartets Nos 3, 7 and 8

Twenty years ago Shostakovich quartet recordings came as integral sets or further accounts of the ubiquitous Eighth, so the dissemination...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 8/2006

Michael Gielen conducts Mahler & Schönberg

Notwithstanding Richard Osborne’s less than enthusiastic words in the September issue, Michael Gielen’s 1993 recording of Mahler’s Seventh is generally...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 1/2003

Reger Organ Works Vol 10

Reger’s monumentally demanding series of chorale fantasias is surely the towering crown of late-Romantic German organ music. With their writhingly...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 1/2011

Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas

Craig Sheppard’s Beethoven piano sonata cycle was given in Seattle’s Meany Theatre during 2003-04. Entitled ‘Beethoven: A Journey’, the sonatas...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2006

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