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Dvořák – In Love?

This documentary by the great Tony Palmer was first shown in 1988 on ITV’s South Bank Show. Its questioning title...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2014

DUSSEK Piano Concertos

Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) is one of those transitional composers straddling the Classical and Romantic eras overshadowed by the greater...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2014

DEBUSSY Iberia. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Heinz Holliger brings an infallible ear for timbre to bear on this programme of Debussy, notably, but by no means...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: AW2014

BRUCKNER Study Symphony

New performances of Anton Bruckner’s ‘Study Symphony’ in F minor hardly grow on trees but this latest instalment of Simone...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: AW2014

BRIAN Symphonic Movements from 'The Tigers'

It’s not before time that these sparkling performances of the symphonic extracts from Havergal Brian’s surreal, anti-war comic opera The...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW2014

BERLIOZ Harold en Italie

The undulating semiquavers on basses and cellos that open Harold en Italie sound rather workaday, certainly in comparison with Sir...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW2014

BERIO Sequenza VIII RUO Violin Concerto No 1

It’s an attractive idea to programme companion pieces for Berio’s violin Sequenza and its Chemins-like reworking, Corale. Huang Ruo’s two...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW2014

BEETHOVEN Prometheus

The Overture is regularly played, the rest largely forgotten. But this beginning might impel you to listen to the lot....

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: AW2014

Sacrifices

A neat idea this from David Bates and his ensemble La Nuova Musica. Two of Charpentier’s short Latin biblical oratorios...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW2014

Philippe Sly: Love's Minstrels

First prize-winner of the prestigious Montreal International Musical Competition in 2012, Philippe Sly possesses a fine, velvet bass-baritone voice, clear...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: AW2014

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