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Bruch Violin Concerto No 1; Serenade

Max Bruch had an extraordinary career. Born in 1838, he lived until 1920. He wrote his most famous work, the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2010

Hartmann Waxworks: Five Little Operas

The earliest seeds of Wachsfigurenkabinett‚ variously translatable as ‘Waxwork Museum’‚ or ‘Wax­dolls’ Cabinet’‚ date from Hartmann’s mid­teens. However‚ the...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Alwyn Violin Concerto; Miss Julie Suite

The forgotten Violin Concerto of 1939, a substantial work of 37 minutes which the composer never heard in its orchestral...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 6/2011

Gershwin; Ravel Piano Concertos

Such an apt and obvious pairing, this, but one which rarely materialises. Gershwin’s is the elder, premiered in December 1925...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2005

Fauré Chamber Works

Faure may still not be the best known composer of chamber music, but this issue with two of his major...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1990

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 1 and 3

Pietari Inkinen’s two previous Sibelius anthologies for Naxos (3/08, 2/09) were full of insight, and the same holds true for...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2010

Kalkbrenner Septet, Op 132; Quinete, Op. 81

Kalkbrenner was one of the great pianists of his heyday, which was roughly from 1825 to 1835, and one of...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1999

Schütz Secular Works

The last year or so has seen some important new Schutz releases with the majority of music drawn from the...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 7/1998

Novak Piano Quintet & Songs

Novak’s A minor Piano Quintet of 1896 was composed in the wake of his first fruitful study of the folk-song...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1998

Rutter Mass of the Children; Wedding Canticle; Shadows

Without doubt, this CD will be climbing the classical charts by the time this review appears. Choirs love to sing...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 8/2006

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