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Bach; Bartók; Hartmann Works for Solo Violin

Two recitals with very different approaches to building a programme for solo violin. Viviane Hagner’s is the more conventional, placing...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 5/2007

Schnittke Three Sacred Hymns;Symphony No 4

Schnittke’s Fourth is his ecumenical symphony. Its material is abstracted from Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran and Jewish chant and is used...

Reviewed in issue 7/1996

Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol.15

Modified rapture is my response to this new addition to the Hyperion Schubert edition. Make no mistake, the rapture is...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1993

Schubert Octet

In view of the remarks I'm about to make, it's worth pointing out that the Berlin Philharmonia Ensemble, one of...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 10/1994

Hadley (The) Hills; I sing of a maiden; My beloved spake

The more I hear of Patrick Hadley’s music, the more I warm to it. There are numerous pages in the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/1999

Dvorák Symphonic Poems

It is surprising how few records there have been which re-create the triptych of the three concert overtures that Dvorak...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1992

Balakirev Orchestral Works

The first recording of Balakirev's C major Symphony was made for Columbia in 1949 by Karajan and the Philharmonia Orchestra,...

Reviewed in issue 7/1990

Mahler Symphony No 2

The Klemperer and Walter recordings (to say nothing of the old and eccentric Hermann Scherchen set) were my education in...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/1990

Bantock Omar Khayyám

Granville Bantock is the kind of British late-Romantic that Europeans from Herbert von Karajan to present-day casting directors have always...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2007

Haydn Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 2

The booklet is unforthcoming, but HobXVI/5 and HobXVI/16 on Roland Batik’s disc are probably not by Haydn. Georg Feder in...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 4/2004

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