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German Orchestral Works, Volume 1

Over the years I have reviewed various recordings of German's orchestral music, from reissues of the composer's own acoustic recordings...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/1995

Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op 45; Janácek TarasBulba

Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances are played with great sharpness here, emphasizing the extraordinary originality of his last completed work and serving...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1996

Eben Symphonia Gregoriana

An extensive analytical note occupies some 20 pages of the booklet which comes with this disc. While one would have...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/2011

Chopin - Arrangements for Piano and String Quintet

Here is Chopin with a difference, a three-disc set that will whet the appetite of even the most jaded scholar...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2000

Mozart Complete Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin, Vol 2

Gary Cooper and Rachel Podger’s projected set of the Mozart duo sonatas (of which this is the second volume) will...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2006

Brixi Organ Concertos

Although he died at the relatively early age of 39, Frantisek Xaver Brixi became one of the best-known and most...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/1992

A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table

''Turn again, Whittington'', as the off-stage voice used to command in those old pantomimes; and cat and future Lord Mayor...

Reviewed in issue 12/1990

Alwyn Fantasy Waltzes and Preludes

This is a perceptively played and admirably recorded performance of two substantial piano works by William Alwyn, who died last...

Reviewed in issue 7/1986

Saxophone Concerti

As might be expected, there are no other locally available versions of the two Scandinavian works and although there are...

Reviewed in issue 10/1983

Daugherty Jackie O

Michael Daugherty’s pieces invariably promise more than they deliver. The titles are funky, provocative (his fixation on popular American icons...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/1997

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