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Rawsthorne Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

This reissue of the 30-year-old recording of the two Rawsthorne piano concertos is up against tough recent competition. I admired...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 7/2007

Holmboe Kairos

With his cultivation of the string quartet and symphony, Holmboe, more than anyone, followed Haydn’s example of creating works outwardly...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 1/2010

Schubert (Die) Schöne Müllerin

Only last March I praised another young baritone, Jochen Kupfer, in this cycle. That was a full-price version of this...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2004

Obrecht Sacred Music

The rise of vocal ensembles in Eastern Europe is one of the most promising developments of recent years. The all-male...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/1999

Stokowski conducts Shostakovich

Edward Johnson’s useful notes seek to portray Stokowski as “one of the foremost interpreters of a great twentieth-century composer”, but...

Reviewed in issue 12/1996

Bruckner Symphony No. 9

On this occasion, it is the octogenarians who have it. Blomstedt’s account of the Ninth is clear and methodical in...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 13/1999

Biber The Mystery Sonatas

Biber's 15 Mystery Sonatas were composed in about 1678 and dedicated to his employer the Archbishop of Salzburg. Each sonata...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1991

Bartók; Grieg: Strauss, R Violin Sonatas

Those who’ve heard Vilde Frang’s EMI recording of Sibelius and Prokofiev concertos (4/10) will be keen to sample this. For...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 5/2011

Gossec Four Symphonies

We don’t hear much French orchestral music of the late 18th century‚ and this CD offers a welcome glimpse of...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Rimsky-Korsakov Orchestral Music

An interesting if not indispensable addition to the Rimsky-Korsakov discography. Night on Mount Triglav is compiled from the Third Act...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1987

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