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British Clarinet Concertos

Arguably one of the best-conceived Romantic clarinet concertos, Stanford’s Clarinet Concerto of 1902 has now had a fair number of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 01/2013

Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos

The four CDs come in a slip-case the size and thickness of the average paperback measuring about 8"x5" in old...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2013

WEBER Symphonies Nos 1 and 2. Bassoon Concerto

Weber’s only symphonies were knocked off at great speed – with quasi-Mozartian fluency of melody, orchestration and pulse (and a...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2013

VILLA-LOBOS Symphonies Nos 6 & 7

Just what the world needs, another cycle of Villa-Lobos symphonies? Well, one thing becomes clear from the get-go – Carl...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 01/2013

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Early and Late Works

Given the conspicuous success of John Wilson’s world premiere recording of the imposing Heroic Elegy and Triumphal Epilogue (6/10), it...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2013

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6. Rome and Juliet

Following their intensely refreshing, at times revelatory forays into Schubert, Schumann and Bruckner, Thomas Dausgaard and his exemplary Swedish CO...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2013

TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty Op 66

This is a good, practical interpretation of The Sleeping Beauty. The playing by the Bergen Philharmonic is strong and spirited;...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2013

STRAUSS Alpensinfonie. Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten

A dramatic case of fire and ice if ever there was one. The São Paulo SO, sagely conducted by Frank...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2013

SALONEN Violin Concerto. Nyx

If your ideal of musical Finnishness has to match the austerity and intensity of Tapiola, Sibelius’s final tone-poem, then the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 01/2013

RÓZSA Orchestral Works Vol 3

Though Miklós Rózsa had a cosmopolitan career, studying in Leipzig and living in Paris and London before becoming one of...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 01/2013

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