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Rachmaninov (6) Choruses, Op 15; Scriabin Symphony No 1

A glance at the current catalogue would have told Chandos that the Rachmaninov Choruses are not exactly ‘premiere recordings’, though...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2005

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Muti and Koizumi both round off their series of the later Tchaikovsky symphonies in versions of No. 5 consistent with...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1992

Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

Why should anyone want this much-recorded work in a version dating from 1965, with abundant tape-hiss to show its age,...

Reviewed in issue 6/1988

ten Holt Complete Multiple Piano Works

What Philip Glass did for the arpeggio in the late 20th century, Simeon ten Holt (b1923) arguably has done for...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 9/2006

Mussorgsky Heaven and Hell-Macal

With some 40 versions of Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures currently available – to say nothing of other orchestrations and...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1997

Vivaldi Concertos

This well-balanced programme of Vivaldi concertos should have a wide appeal. Five of the seven works have descriptive or at...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1992

Byrd Hodie Simon Petrus

Andrew Carwood’s programme-note begins with a comment on the motet Haec dicit Dominus with which the recital ends. Though a...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2009

Cinema Serenade

Perlman, whose dignified contribution to Schindler’s List (1993) added immeasurably to the emotive impact of that score, has joined forces...

Reviewed by Marwalker in issue: 1/1998

R. Strauss/Thuille Cello Sonatas

So who was Ludwig Thuille? Sophie Rolland's and Marc-Andre Hamelin's performance of his Cello Sonata certainly made me want to...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 3/1995

All the King's Horses - Renaissance Choral Works

Here at last is the sequel to the previous offering from I Fagiolini and Concordia, “All the King’s Men” (3/97)....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/1998

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