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Arutiunian Orchestral Works

Horn and viola comparative versions for a cello sonata? Well, Atterberg’s B minor Sonata (1925) was designed to be played...

Reviewed in issue 2/1998

Orchestral works by Ireland and Bridge

This month I have already written about Frank Bridge's ''unreasonable neglected'' Suite for string orchestra in reviewing a Lyrita reissue...

Reviewed in issue 12/1984

Operas Arias for Trumpet

The choice of a trumpeter in a recital of operatic arias is both a specialist and a certain kind of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1989

Dimitri Tiomkin Friendly Persuasion-film score

Friendly Persuasion (1956), with its glowing strings and bustling counterpoint, is not only quintessential Tiomkin but also a prime example...

Reviewed by rseeley in issue: 5/1998

(The) Noble Bass Viol

Peter Holman, director of The Parley of Instruments, has become the foremost master of the miscellany through his long-running series,...

Reviewed in issue 9/1999

Brahms Cello Sonatas

This was Leonard Rose's last recording, made at the Chateau de Malesherbes, France, in August 1982. The booklet includes a...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1989

Debussy; Turina Orchestral Works

There are great classic analogue recordings of Ibéria from Reiner (RCA‚ 1/90R)‚ Haitink (Philips‚ 3/94)‚ and Paray (Mercury‚ 6/95R)‚...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Bernstein Orchestral & Vocal Works

This belated 'memorial' issue brings together two of Bernstein's most successful concert works (written more than 30 and taped nearly...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Il Fàsolo?

This CD recreates music that lies only just within the shadows of musicological research. For one thing, the identity of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2003

Brahms Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

Thank heavens for such independent labels as Biddulph, Tahra, Dante Lys, Pearl, Dutton, APR and others like them, for were...

Reviewed in issue 6/1999

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