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Grieg Symphonic Dances;Piano Concerto, Op 16

Good performances of the Grieg Piano Concerto are two-a-penny, and many are almost inevitably coupled with the Schumann Concerto. It...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 5/1998

British Cello Works, Vol.2

It's almost an understatement to say that Stanford's sonata is influenced by Brahms, for the Irishman's piano writing in particular...

Reviewed in issue 2/1993

Smetana Piano Works, Volume 1

Smetana was a considerably more advanced composer than his most popular music would suggest, capable of Lisztian excursions into piano...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1997

Gesualdo Tenebrae Responsories

Paradoxical though it may seem, it is perhaps in his music for Holy Week that Gesualdo’s claim as a composer...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2004

Albinoni/Caldara - Cantatas

Almost 50 chamber cantatas by Albinoni are extant, of which the six collected on this disc belong to a set...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1999

Grieg Orchestral Works

Rozhdestvensky was Chief Conductor of the Royal Stockholm orchestra between 1974 and 1977, and since 1991 he has been back...

Reviewed in issue 3/1993

Schubert Piano Sonatas

Among Jonathan Biss’s previous discs is an impressive Schumann recital (EMI, 2/07). This live Schubert recital is less consistently successful...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2010

Warlock Songs

Here are 32 songs by Peter Warlock, ranging from The Wind from the West, composed when he was 17, to...

Reviewed in issue 2/1989

Peñalosa Missa Nunca fue pena mayor

Francisco de Peñalosa (c1470-1528) has suffered from the relative neglect of the Spanish polyphony composed just before the golden era...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/2011

Penderecki Violin Concerto; Horn Concerto

Penderecki’s First Violin Concerto was written in 1976-77, a time when compositional styles were becoming increasingly polarised between simplicity, whether...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2010

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