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Vaughan Williams Choral Works

Like his Serenade to Music, Vaughan Williams's An Oxford Elegy is an inspired translation of favourite poetry into music. Passages...

Reviewed in issue 6/1989

Mahler Complete Symphonies

Leonard Bernstein's unique qualities as a Mahlerian shine through his work as composer and conductor. His death cut short what...

Reviewed in issue 2/1992

Hallgrimsson & Nordheim Chamber Orchestral Works

Here are three interesting pieces representative of the cosmopolitan side of Norwegian music in the mid-1980s. They are all played...

Reviewed in issue 10/1991

Bazzini Virtuoso Works for Violin and Piano

Among 19th-century violinist/composers, Antonio Bazzini (1818-97) was probably the most successful in escaping from exclusive specialisation in the virtuoso repertoire....

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2008

Holst The Planets (four hands, one piano)

Interest here will naturally gravitate toward the two-piano arrangement of The Planets made under Holst’s supervision by two of his...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Mozart Chamber Works for Wind

This record seems to me slightly unnecessary. There are plenty of excellent recordings to be had of the two great...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1993

Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues

For the collector looking for a single version of Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues there is no easy choice just at...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 4/2001

Les Misérables Original Soundtrack

Basil Poledouris is an expert in the fusion of music and images, but probably few realize that he also holds...

Reviewed in issue 9/1998

Marais Folies d'Espagne

It is always a thrill to hear a performance of newly discovered music by a favourite composer, especially when it...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2002

R. Strauss Scenes from Elektra & Salome

Solti's now-infamous comment that the Chicago Symphony was a provincial orchestra before he appeared is further discounted by the reissue...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1993

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