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Prokofiev Symphony No 5

In my original review of this heavily Romantic version of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony, I complained of a lack of inner...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1983

Récital de Saint-Pétersbourg

Full marks to Olivier Baumont for enterprise! He has here sought out almost completely unknown harpsichord pieces by Russian and...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1998

Brossard Choral Works

Sebastien de Brossard, a contemporary of Francois Couperin, as well as being a collector and lexicographer – his highly successful...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Lachenmann Schwankungen am Rand

Barely a year has passed since I reviewed Klangforum Wien’s fine accounts of both Mouvement (– vor der Erstarrung) and...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2002

Wien, Weber und Strauss!

Liszt called his examples 'fantasias', Percy Grainger 'rambles', the present three great pianists connected with Vienna—Rosenthal, Friedman and Godowsky—merely 'arrangements',...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1990

Korngold & Mahler Lieder

Angelika Kirchschlager has already sung major roles with the Vienna State Opera, with well-received guest appearances at the Met, Covent...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1997

Palmgren Early & Middle Period Piano Pieces

The Finnish composer Selim Palmgren (1878-1951) occupies a very peripheral place in the record catalogues these days and his name...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1996

Mahler Symphony No 5

Readers will have their own pantheon of classic Mahler Fives. My list is headed by Abbado and Bernstein. Yours may...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 1/2006

Mahler Symphony No 8

The Eighth Symphony so often brings out the best in conductors whose Mahler is found wanting elsewhere in the cycle....

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 7/2010

Mozart & Ferlendis: Works for Oboe and Orchestra

Though none of these works is authentic Mozart, the record is an attractive one. The concerto by Giuseppe Ferlendis was...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1988

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