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REINER Music for Cello

Born in atec, Bohemia, Karel Reiner (1910-79) was the son of a cantor and graduated with distinction in both music...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2012

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 5. The Year 1941

I’m not sure we needed a recording of Prokofiev’s symphonic suite The Year 1941 but, as an up-beat to a...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2012

POULENC Concerto for Organ. SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony

Auckland Town Hall is one of those lucky venues that has a vigorous organ of its own (an Orgelbau Klais...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 08/2012

MERIKANTO Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958) was a natural-born symphonist, yet his output in that genre is less extensive than it should be....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue:

MARTINŮ Violin Concerto No 2. Symphony No 1

CD competition in Martinů’s Second Violin Concerto includes an especially fine version by Isabelle Faust with the Prague Philharmonia under...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2012

JANÁČEK Taras Bulba

With his Pan-Slav ideal for Czech lands to be integrated into an entity presided over by the Russians, Janáček would...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 08/2012

HOLST Symphony. Indra - Symphonic Poem

The early orchestral works on this recording – the Winter Idyll (1897), Walt Whitman Overture (1899) and Cotswolds Symphony (1899-1900)...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 08/2012

GRIEG String Quartet No 1. Holberg Suite

The Australian Chamber Orchestra is renowned for its crisp, clean playing, superb ensemble and intonation, and vivacious style. The partnership...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2012

GARRETA Les illes Medes. Impressions simfòniques

The reviews editor, sending me this CD for comment, personally found Julio Garreta’s music ‘pretty enchanting’. I do too, and...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 08/2012

DVOŘÁK Symphony No 7. Othello Overture. The Wild Dove

The art of Claus Peter Flor appears to have matured greatly with the passing of time. I can recall interviewing...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2012

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