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Works for Clarinet & Orchestra

This is not a particularly generous collection: it was originally published in-1983 but never previously issued in the UK. It...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1989

Stravinsky Works for Violin & Piano

Apart from the Duo concertant everything here is an arrangement, and the risk is that if you know the string...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1999

William Kapell Edition

It is a curious and numbing fact that the greatest American pianists have had their careers prematurely curtailed or terminated....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1999

Korngold Symphony Op 40; Much Ado About Nothing suite

After putting his Hollywood years behind him, Korngold returned to his native Austria in 1949 in the hope of re‑establishing...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 4/2011

Handel Messiah

Here are two versions of Handel's Messiah far removed from one another in concept and performance style—Nicholas McGegan's account we...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1991

Shostakovich: Cello Concertos

Natalia Gutman has been appearing with great success for some years outside her native Russia, but until now we have...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1991

Humfrey Verse Anthems

Here we have another fine English composer receiving belated recognition. This time the initiative comes not from Hyperion's admirable ''English...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/1993

Tan Dun (The) Banquet - OST

According to advance reports of this film, production values are state-of-the-art and that includes the music, the first soundtrack on...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2006

Piano Rarities from the Husum Festival 2003

This is Danacord’s 15th disc of highlights from the annual Husum festival where core repertoire is verboten and only gifted...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2005

Russian Orchestral and Piano Works

Since winning the Leeds International Piano Competition, Vladimir Ovchinikov has remained before the public in a widening repertory, though perhaps...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1991

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