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Review of The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 78 (Shelley)

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 78 (Shelley)

By coincidence, I am reviewing this new recording of Clara Wieck Schumann’s Concerto in A minor as the city of...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2019

Review of ROSNER Orchestral Music Vol 3 (Palmer)

ROSNER Orchestral Music Vol 3 (Palmer)

This is Toccata Classics’ fourth CD of music by the American Arnold Rosner (1945-2013), and I think it is the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2019

Review of RESPIGHI Roman Trilogy (Falletta)

RESPIGHI Roman Trilogy (Falletta)

It’s now some 10 years since JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic gave us their first Respighi disc, a programme...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2019

Review of REGER Piano Concerto (Becker)

REGER Piano Concerto (Becker)

Markus Becker’s love affair with Reger’s piano oeuvre first manifested itself on CD with the complete solo piano music, initially...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2019

Review of NEPOMUCENO Symphony in G minor

NEPOMUCENO Symphony in G minor

Although virtually unknown outside his native land, Alberto Nepomuceno (1864-1920) is one of the luminaries of Brazilian music. He composed...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2019

Review of MYSLIVEČEK Keyboard Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (Clare Hammond)

MYSLIVEČEK Keyboard Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (Clare Hammond)

Josef Mysliveček (1737 81) was 26 years old when he left his native Prague for Italy, where he studied with...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2019

Review of MAHLER Symphony No 10 (Storgårds)

MAHLER Symphony No 10 (Storgårds)

Erwin Stein’s arrangement of the Fourth set the precedent for attempts to compress and deconstruct Mahler that have more recently...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2019

Review of Jaakko Luoma: Bassoon Concertos

Jaakko Luoma: Bassoon Concertos

Pity the poor bassoon, imprisoned in the depths of the woodwind section, usually let out only for brief comedy turns,...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2019

Review of HAYDN Seven Last Words of Christ of the Cross (Minasi)

HAYDN Seven Last Words of Christ of the Cross (Minasi)

One of Haydn’s oddest commissions came from a church in Cádiz for a sequence of orchestral ‘sonatas’ depicting each of...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2019

Review of GIORNOVICH London Concertos (Čičić)

GIORNOVICH London Concertos (Čičić)

Giovanni Giornovich (1747-1804) was perhaps born at sea, definitely baptised in Palermo, probably held a French passport and certainly appeared...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2019


 

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