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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona nobis pacem. Symphony No 4

Captured with thrilling fidelity by the microphones, Spano’s reading of the 1936 cantata Dona nobis pacem impresses by dint of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2015

TORROBA Guitar Concertos

The Spanish composer, conductor and impresario Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) was hugely prolific throughout his long life, writing in a...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 04/2015

TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations

‘Deplorably corrupt’ is how Tchaikovsky’s biographer, David Brown, describes the draconian alterations made to the Rococo Variations by the work’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2015

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring (Final version & reconstruction)

Just in case anyone else felt minded to replicate this Rite of Spring project, the packaging prints an admonitory sentence:...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2015

STRAUSS Don Juan. A Hero's Life

Take a fine orchestra, an effective ‘shoebox’ acoustic (in this case the Herkulessaal in Munich), an expert team of engineers...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2015

SILVESTROV Meditation. Spectrums. Symphony No 2.

Especially in the first half of his career, Valentin Silvestrov was fond of calling all manner of music ‘symphony’. In...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 04/2015

SCHNITTKE Symphony No 3

Since its first performance in 1981, Schnittke’s Third Symphony has attracted much attention as well as two recordings, conducted by...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 04/2015

SAINT-SAËNS Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

Jean Martinon’s recordings of all five Saint-Saëns symphonies with the Orchestre National de l’ORTF remain a benchmark, having survived in...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2015

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition, Songs and Dances of Death

There are now at least 20 orchestrations of Mussorgsky’s Pictures, a good half of which have been recorded, but Ravel’s...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 04/2015

MOZART Violin Concerto No 5

Having previously heard Vilde Frang playing Romantic and 20th-century music, I was delighted to discover that the vitality and sense...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 04/2015

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