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SAINT-SAËNS Symphonic Poems

Saint-Saëns’s symphonic poems are rarely gathered together on disc. From the UK, there are strong collections from Charles Dutoit and...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2018

SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No 1 (Camille Thomas)

Those familiar with Saint-Saëns’s First Cello Concerto will know that there is no orchestral introduction. The soloist enters on the...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2018

Visions of Prokofiev

It was a nice idea to spice a logical Prokofiev concerto coupling with a trio of transcriptions, the musician who...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2018

PADEREWSKI Piano Concerto. Danses polonaises

Dang Thai Son nearly shot to fame in 1980 by winning the 10th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the first...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2018

MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Jansons)

I barely recognise the symphony I know and love as being wild and wonderful, elemental, fantastical, startling, from this beautifully...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2018

MAHLER Symphony No 5 (Roth)

On the reverse of the accompanying booklet (of which more anon) much is made of the Gürzenich Orchestra’s association with...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2018

British Violin Concertos

All three composers were (or are) career academics, but it’s notable how Paul Patterson’s concerto of 2013 wants most to...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2018

GREENWOOD Water MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik

ABC’s press release puts it neatly on the line: ‘The Australian Chamber Orchestra and ABC Classics present the first Australian-produced...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 03/2018

PENDERECKI Symphony No 2 DVOŘÁK Symphony No 7

Don’t approach Krzysztof Penderecki’s Christmas Symphony expecting sleigh bells and festive frolics. It’s a dark, sombre work, more ‘Four Horsemen...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2018

BRUCKNER Symphony No 2. STRAUSS Der Bürger als Edelmann

The recordings on this two-CD set originate from a concert at the Salzburg Festival celebrating Riccardo Muti’s 75th birthday. Both...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 03/2018

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