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Songs to words by Victor Hugo

One poet, but the fact that these 17 songs were set to music by 11 different composers might lead us...

Reviewed in issue 5/1985

Alkan Piano Music, Vol 2

Admirable as it is to have Alkan’s 48 Esquisses‚ together with his ‘Laus Deo’ postlude‚ available on disc‚ their musical...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Titanic Original Soundtrack

For his single prior collaboration with director James Cameron (Aliens), James Horner received an Oscar nomination in 1986. Ten years...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

The Bohemians, Volume 6

One of the most successful aspects of Frankl and the Lindsays' performance of Dvorak's Quintet is their sensitivity to the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1994

Philip Glass: Piano Works

Listeners expecting a glittering evening at the piano with the composer will be disappointed by this record. No album of...

Reviewed in issue 3/1990

Mozart Violin Concerto, K216; Sinfonia Concertante, K364

Shumsky could easily have been the grandfather of his two astonishing rivals in the Violin Concerto; incredibly their ages when...

Reviewed in issue 2/1986

Schumann: Orchestral Works

The much-travelled Sir Neville Marriner here establishes a productive new partnership with the splendid Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. On the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1986

Strauss, R (Ein) Heldenleben. Tod und Verklärung

There are plenty of performances of both these works where the first thing that strikes you is the orchestra’s or...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 9/2001

Bach Mass in B Minor

There are several good things to be said about this performance of Bach's B minor Mass, but they are sadly...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1985

Grieg Orchestral Songs

The first 30 minutes of this CD – the last in the Bergen orchestra’s series of the composer’s orchestral music...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 5/2007

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