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Mahler Symphony No 6

I had secretly hoped that Bernstein might have re-thought his basic tempo for the opening movement. Overall, he puts almost...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/1990

Javelin The Music of Michael Torke

Under the collective title, “Javelin. The Music of Michael Torke”, this excellent anthology (containing both new and previously unrecorded material)...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 8/1996

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Benno Moiseiwitsch

Benno Moiseiwitsch possessed a charm and wizardry that could neither be taught nor confined within received notions of musical wisdom....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/1999

Aho Symphony 4 & Chinese Songs

Kalevi Aho’s early symphonies were all written in Shostakovich’s shadow to a greater or lesser degree, but none more so...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue:

Pärt Music for Unaccompanied Choir

In the crowded field of Pärt choral recordings Naxos has consistently made a mark, despite being ranged against top-class contenders...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 11/2006

Mosonyi Orchestral Works

Milhaly Mosonyi does not feature much in the domestic catalogues, though he is widely regarded (including by Dezso Legany, the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1995

Stenhammar Symphony No. 2

This is the first recording of Stenhammar’s G minor Symphony to be made by a non-Swedish orchestra. Its predecessors, apart...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1997

Victoria & Palestrina Choral Works

Until the market for CDs has grown considerably I suspect recording companies may well play safe with their early-music issues,...

Reviewed in issue 7/1984

Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance

''David Hill and the choir of Westminster Cathedral have brought to life a splendid selection of barely known music...that fully...

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

Scriabin: Piano Works

As a child of ten Horowitz played for Scriabin. That was in 1914. For three quarters of a century after...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 4/1990

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