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Copland The Tender Land

The Tender Land was commissioned for television but rejected by the NBC network. Its stage premiere received no better than...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/2000

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 21 & 24

This is a real bargain. Howard Shelley plays with distinction throughout, and so do the City of London Sinfonia. The...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1987

The Classical Sonatina

This is a slightly strange pair of discs. The recording is made on a piano claimed in the booklet as...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/1993

Schumann Complete Violin and Orchestra Works

I was surprised to find a well-filled CD devoted to Schumann’s “Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra”. The two known...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2010

Smith, J C Gideon

Gideon is not a neglected Handel oratorio, but a posthumous pasticcio cobbled together in 1769 by Handel’s assistant and only...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 9/2004

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Volume 5

This series has won consistently enthusiastic reviews in these pages, and the present volume may well be the best yet....

Reviewed in issue 8/1996

Rachmaninov Corelli Variations; Tchaikovsky (The) Seasons

What a compelling coupling this is, and how good to hear Tchaikovsky’s still-underrated cycle given a reading which conveys its...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 4/2009

Lang Lang - Live at Carnegie Hall

Deutsche Grammophon continues to display an erratic recent track record when it comes to recording and promotig young, photogenic pianists....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 5/2004

Nielsen Symphonies

There has always been a strong Nielsen tradition in Sweden: there are at present three (or nearly three) Nielsen cycles,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 5/1994

Bruckner Symphony No 4

Bruckner's original 1874 version of the Fourth Symphony differs markedly from the widely known revision of 1878–90. It has, in...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1990

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