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Review of Schubert/Schumann Symphonies

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

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

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

Review of Rachmaninov (The) Bells; Symphonic Dances

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

Review of Busoni Preludes, Op. 37 & Bliss Piano Sonata

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

Review of Handel Semele

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

Review of Prokofiev Piano Concertos

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

Review of Shostakovich String Quartets Nos 3, 7 and 8

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

Review of Michael Gielen conducts Mahler & Schönberg

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

Review of Reger Organ Works Vol 10

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

Review of Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas

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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