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German Sacred Concertos

This is a portrait of a genre characterised by tuneful responses to the idea of lamenting. While Buxtehude’s music takes...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

MacDowell Piano Concertos

Macdowell's Second Piano Concerto, with its luxuriant romanticism and darkly eddying figurations, once enjoyed considerable popularity before a severer age...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1993

Shostakovich Symphony No 8

Sneaking back into contention on the budget Encore label, André Previn’s first, 1973 version of the Eighth would sit just...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2008

Elgar Orchestral Works

The Alto label here offers three Elgar recordings not previously available in Britain, two of which are of outstanding quality....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2009

Birtwistle Theseus Game; Earth Dances

In live performance, Theseus Game (2002-03) offers clear visual contrasts: an ensemble of 30 players has two conductors, and there’s...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2004

Honegger Orchestral Works

The Honegger symphonies have been well served on CD in recent years. Both the Symphony for Strings (No. 2) and...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1994

Mahler Symphony No 7

In Mozart and above all Wagner, Daniel Barenboim has few peers. The pianist-conductor has come late to recording Mahler symphonies,...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2006

Messiaen Organ Works

I much admired at least two of Trotter’s CDs for Argo, especially his Liszt double-bill with the Ad nos and...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 8/1996

Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Te Deum; Anthems

With Robert King's voyage of discovery for Hyperion through Purcell's sacred music continuing to peer round every corner and admire...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/1994

Nielsen Maskerade

If you can keep a straight face through the master/servant antics of the club-addicts Leander and Henrik, if you can...

Reviewed in issue 13/1998

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