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Rautavaara Violin Concerto; Symphony No 8, 'The Journey'

Rautavaara’s Eighth Symphony (1999) was among the first major new pieces available as a web-stream before it appeared on disc....

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 1/2005

Berg Violin Concertos; Lyric Suite; Orchestral Pieces Op 6

Rebecca Hirsch has won golden opinions for her performances and recordings of mostly contemporary music, and composers have been eager...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2002

R.Strauss Symphony in F minor, Op 12; Romanze in F

''Papa will open his eyes wide when he hears how modern the Symphony sounds''; but then 'Papa' was the arch-conservative...

Reviewed in issue 9/1994

Bach Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 1

To anybody from the era when Bach’s harpsichord concertos were habitually accompanied by a substantial body of strings, these recordings,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1996

Fayrfax Complete Works, Vol. 2

Hot on the heels of their Gramophone Award-winning Fayrfax disc (6/95), comes Vol. 2 of this very worthwhile...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 1/1996

Maderna Satyricon

This pair of works promises a study in musico-dramatic extremes: Satyricon (1971–3), after Petronius, is a comedy, centering on the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1993

Karaindrou Trojan Women

Best known for her work with the film director Theo Angelopoulos‚ Eleni Karaindrou’s blend of the timeless and atmospheric is...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Once looked at equivocally, Rosalyn Tureck is now largely treated for what she is – a singular musician who never...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 8/2003

Menotti: Chamber and Vocal Works

Menotti writes gratefully for the voice, and Menotti the poet, fluent in two languages, knows how to write singable texts....

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1988

Tosti Ritorna

The ever-more scholarly approach to early recordings and their artists encourages us to think increasingly in terms of complete editions...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

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