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Organ Fireworks, Vol. 8

East Asia is rapidly becoming an organ enthusiast’s paradise. There are fascinating old instruments in the Philippine Islands, glorious concert-hall...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 6/1998

(The) Violin of the Century

Was there ever a violinist so often filmed as Menuhin? The numerous film clips and still photographs of Menuhin playing...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 1/2001

Krenek Piano Pieces

A year after his death, Krenek's music is being revived. I enthusiastically welcomed Geoffrey Douglas Madge's first two volumes of...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/1993

Mahler Symphony No 8

From the moment that Mahler hurls down that massive E flat major chord on the organ, one thing must be...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/1992

Spontini La Vestale

That this work is the essential link between Gluck and Berlioz, and also pre-echoes late Rossini and Bellini, is even...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Mendelssohn Walpurgisnacht

The idea of pagans outwitting their Christian oppressors inspired Mendelssohn to pen some of his most mischievous musical invention: Berlioz...

Reviewed in issue 2/1998

Villa-Lobos Piano Works, Vol 2

Joanna Brzezin´ska’s first disc of Villa-Lobos (7/07) focused on the childlike (but by no means childish) cycle A prole do...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 2/2010

Albéniz Piano Sonatas

The Albeniz of Iberia, that outstanding staple of Spanish piano literature, is quite unrecognizable in these works of his dating...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1994

Rózsa Cello Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante

Rózsa’s concertos have done comparatively well on disc of late, with multiple interpretations of both works featured here as well...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2006

Achron Golem Suite; Violin Concerto

Joseph Achron’s identity as a pioneering Jewish composer was more extensive and ran deeper than his Hebrew Melody and Hebrew...

Reviewed by Lawrence Johnson in issue: 1/2004

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