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Chadwick Orchestral Works

Anyone who investigated George Whitefield Chadwick's Third Symphony (10/94) should equally enjoy getting to know its predecessor. Chadwick began work...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/1995

Moniuszko (The) Haunted Manor

Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-72), the leading Polish romantic after Chopin, is generally remembered, if at all, by his opera, Halka, a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/2004

Delius in Norway

An ingenious and absorbing coupling. Our image of Delius, due in equal measure to Eric Fenby and Ken Russell, is...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Daniel Hope plays Schnittke, Weill and Takemitsu.

Full marks to Nimbus for variety. The danger is that three such different composers, combined in a way you would...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 5/1999

Schumann Piano Sonatas 1 & 3

Finales taxed Schumann most when in his mid twenties he took up the challenge of the piano sonata. So first,...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1997

Rachmaninov Piano Sonatas

Rachmaninov’s First Piano Sonata will never be one of his most popular works. It doesn’t have the thematic memorability of...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 4/1999

Liszt: Psalms

The fine setting of Psalm 13 dominates this record, which returns after long absence in CD format. Even with the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1987

Boult conducts Elgar

A deeply rewarding box. All these Elgar recordings date from the 1970s (the Violin Concerto from a few years earlier)...

Reviewed in issue 11/1986

Mussorgsky Boris Godunov

The original version of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov has been steadily gaining ground over the years, though that of course, with...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1990

Haydn: Piano Trios

These are bright, clean performances that have earned admiration. Certainly they are consistently skilful and stylish within the terms of...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1988

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