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Music for Wind and Strings

These three performances by the Melos Ensemble have assumed something of a classic status. The sound is remarkably good and...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1996

R. Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme/Dance Suite

How classical should performances be of these charming examples of eighteenth-century pastiche from the arch late-romantic Strauss? Le bourgeois gentilhomme...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Britten; Szymanowski Violin Concertos

Frank Peter Zimmermann’s new coupling of the Szymanowski concertos enters what is fast becoming a highly competitive field. Fortunately, even...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2009

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

As the years float by the corpus of recordings of Das Lied becomes ever more daunting: there are several others,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1984

Janácek Complete Orchestral Works

Issued to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth, this two-disc set of orchestral works may be the last...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/2004

Smetana Piano Works

Smetana’s piano music has always counted among my most ardent musical enthusiasms, and I was thrilled to discover a pianist...

Reviewed in issue 7/1999

Schutz (Die) Sieben Worte

We do not know the original circumstances of Schütz’s poignant Die sieben Worte, nor can we be sure exactly what...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 8/2010

Bennett, W S Symphony, Op 43; Potter, C Symphony No 7

Sterndale Bennett’s piano concertos failed to set my pulse my racing when revived a few years back. His G minor...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2006

Elgar/Bax Works for Viola & Orchestra

For most Elgarians, the existence of Lionel Tertis's transcription of the Cello Concerto for viola is a known fact, but...

Reviewed in issue 4/1989

Schumann Piano Works, Vol. 4

''They are pieces depicting the approach and waxing of the morning but more as an expression of feeling than painting,''...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1990

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