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Review of ROUSE Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

ROUSE Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic have already set down a cycle of the Nielsen symphonies together with recent...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2016

Review of RESPIGHI Sinfonia Drammatica

RESPIGHI Sinfonia Drammatica

Completed in June 1914, the Sinfonia drammatica is essentially an expression of Respighi’s anxieties about the impending First World War....

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2016

Review of RADECKE Symphony Op 50

RADECKE Symphony Op 50

With his high collars and long flowing hair, the Robert Radecke who gazes out from the back of the booklet...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2016

Review of RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2

This is the third time Mariss Jansons has committed Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony to commercial disc, following earlier versions with the...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 08/2016

Review of PALMGREN Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 3

PALMGREN Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 3

The most interesting music on this disc comes first. Selim Palmgren’s Second Piano Concerto (b1913) starts with a mysterious, almost...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2016

Review of F X MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 CLEMENTI Piano Concerto

F X MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 CLEMENTI Piano Concerto

For the third volume in Hyperion’s Classical Piano Concerto series Howard Shelley has swapped the Ulster Orchestra for that of...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2016

Review of MOZART Violin Concertos

MOZART Violin Concertos

The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra has something of a reputation for working harmoniously with guest soloist-directors, not least among them Leif...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2016

Review of HENZE Symphony No 7

HENZE Symphony No 7

Is it inevitable that Henze’s most orthodox symphony is destined to receive more recordings than any of his others? This...

Reviewed in issue 08/2016

Review of HAYDN Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 11 LIGETI Piano Concerto

HAYDN Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 11 LIGETI Piano Concerto

Shai Wosner, the Israeli-born pianist now based in New York, already has several well-received solo discs to his credit, encompassing...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2016

Review of GRANADOS Dante. Night of the Dead Man

GRANADOS Dante. Night of the Dead Man

Naxos’s centenary survey of Granados’s orchestral music continues with a second disc from the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra under Pablo González,...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2016


 

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