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Review of RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2 LIADOV The Enchanted Lake

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2 LIADOV The Enchanted Lake

In returning to a Rachmaninov symphony he recorded previously with the Royal Philharmonic (Virgin, 5/90 – nla), Andrew Litton goes...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2015

Review of PÄRT Passacaglia

PÄRT Passacaglia

This is the fourth in Järvi’s ‘Sound Project’ series, and the first dedicated to a single composer. Arvo Pärt, in...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2015

Review of OFFENBACH Overtures

OFFENBACH Overtures

This is big-band Offenbach on modern instruments dealing freely with both ensemble sizes and editions, no authentic honeymoon. But Chandos’s...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2015

Review of Steve Martland Anthology

Steve Martland Anthology

This is, finally, the memorial that all of us who were admirers of Steve Martland’s music have been waiting for....

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2015

Review of HINDEMITH Mathis de Maler

HINDEMITH Mathis de Maler

The second disc in Christoph Eschenbach’s Hindemith series with the NDR Sinfonieorchester brings together the works that effectively marked the...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2015

Review of HAYDN The London Symphonies

HAYDN The London Symphonies

Having now heard all six of the second set of ‘London’ Symphonies in this series by Bruno Weil, I have...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2015

Review of HAYDN Symphonies Nos 52, 53 & 59

HAYDN Symphonies Nos 52, 53 & 59

Rebecca Miller has already proved her credentials at the more angsty end of the 18th-century symphony with her Editor’s Choice...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2015

Review of GRAUGAARD Venus. Book of Throws; Layers of Earth

GRAUGAARD Venus. Book of Throws; Layers of Earth

If you don’t want to know about the scientific plotting behind this music, look away now (skip to the next...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 11/2015

Review of ELGAR Sea Pictures. Polonia. Pomp and Circumstance Marches

ELGAR Sea Pictures. Polonia. Pomp and Circumstance Marches

Alice Coote, partnered with exquisite grace and scrupulous care by Mark Elder and the Hallé, gives us a Sea Pictures...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2015

Review of DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto. Piano Trio No 4

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto. Piano Trio No 4

Sebastian Klinger – first solo cellist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – has already committed several chamber and instrumental...

Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 11/2015


 

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