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Dalbavie; Jarrell; Pintscher Flute Concertos

Like other high-profile wind players, Emmanuel Pahud has sought to compensate for the dearth of pre-1900 concertos by commissioning contemporaries....

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/2008

Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

This recording was made in Messiaen's presence and was authorized by him, so we must take it to be 'authentic'....

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1988

Schumann Piano Concerto; Symphony No 4

Schumann’s year-long tenure teaching at the Leipzig Conservatory, a post that Mendelssohn created for him, was not a happy experience....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2007

Schubert Symphonies

Those looking for mellow, elegant and expansive Schubert will already have passed on to the next review. Fully paid up...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/1992

Dvorak Symphony No. 9, 'New World'; Schumann Konzertstück

La Chambre Philharmonique, founded by Emmanuel Krivine, prides itself on being less like a regular orchestra than a chamber group,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2008

(The) Russian Piano Tradition: Ginzburg

APR’s invaluable series continues with three CDs celebrating the teaching and playing of Alexander Goldenweiser, one of Russia’s most celebrated...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/2008

Haydn Symphonies

Hot on the heels of Goodman's readings of these three symphonies with the Hanover Band comes this rival period-instrument version...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1993

Falla (El) Sombrero de tres picos; Noches en los jardinesde España

It is particularly fitting that the Granada Municipal Orchestra should record Nights in the gardens of Spain, since the first...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1997

Ferguson: Piano Works

It's good to have these marvellous works transferred to CD. Ferguson, now in his eighty-second year, laid down his composing...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 1/1991

Ravel L'heure espagnole

It's only a few months since I was regretting the lack of imagination in the Jordan/French Radio production of L'heure...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1989

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