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Piano Pictures

An appealing programme, whose high-spots include York Bowen’s 1925 miniature The Way to Polden, the dreamy Bolinge Hill by Peter...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1998

Elgar and the English Choral Tradition

Most of us have cast a dull eye over lists of works performed at one Festival or another and never...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/2003

On Guard for Peace

Shostakovich’s oratorio hails Stalin’s plans for the afforestation of the Russian steppe; Prokofiev’s is a militant plea for peace. More...

Reviewed in issue 9/1999

Holst (The) Planets; Japanese Suite; Beni Mora

Vol 2 in Chandos’s Holst series finds Sir Andrew Davis stepping into the breach left by Richard Hickox’s death. Certainly,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2011

Poulenc Chamber Works

Poulenc's last two chamber works here flank three others from 1918-26. The Clarinet Sonata and Oboe Sonata date from 1962...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1992

Mahler Symphony No 4

I reviewed this performance in some detail last month. It is the only CD version of the Fourth available at...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 7/1984

Ginastera Pampeana

Both of these well-produced discs would make near-ideal introductions to this versatile composer’s output, featuring three of his finest orchestral...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2003

Beethoven Violin Sonatas, 'Spring' & 'Kreutzer'

An unusual but fascinating format for reissuing historical recordings; I can thoroughly recommend these discs as an easy way of...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2003

Miaskovsky Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5

So long as the listed alternative versions are in the catalogue, this new issue will be uncompetitive. Rozhdestvensky’s superlative account...

Reviewed in issue 5/1997

Mozart Symphonies, Vol. 5

Volume 5 brings us to the eight symphonies which date from 1775–83, not a long timespan but almost one quarter...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1988

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