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Review of Yoshimatsu Symphony No 2;Guitar Concerto

Yoshimatsu Symphony No 2;Guitar Concerto

This is an intelligently programmed CD, reversing the traditional concert sequence of overture-concerto-symphony as have other Chandos discs (for instance...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Review of Saint-Saëns; Ysaÿe Rare Transcriptions for Violin and Piano

Saint-Saëns; Ysaÿe Rare Transcriptions for Violin and Piano

The only thing Saint-Saëns lacked, according to Gounod (not Berlioz), was inexperience. The 20th century decided, by and large, that...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 12/2002

Review of Scandinavian Favourites

Scandinavian Favourites

The Scandinavian selection brings together two unsung stalwarts of British musical life from earlier this century. After a spell during...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1997

Review of Bach Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord/Preludes& Fugues

Bach Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord/Preludes& Fugues

The recent spate of recordings of Bach’s three Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord has left us with a...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2000

Review of Grétry Airs & Ballets

Grétry Airs & Ballets

André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, the leading Paris stage composer during the last quarter of the 18th century, is represented here by an...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/2004

Review of Schubert String Quintet

Schubert String Quintet

Where other quartets may emphasize the struggle (Takacs) or the song (Hagen) within Schubert's C major Quintet, the Orpheus, with...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 3/1995

Review of Schnittke Chamber Works

Schnittke Chamber Works

As I noted last December, the difference between a competent and an outstanding performance of Schnittke's music is crucial. The...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

Review of Whitacre Choral Works

Whitacre Choral Works

It is largely due to the discerning advocacy of Stephen Layton and Polyphony that the choral music of Eric Whitacre...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 9/2010

Review of Natalie Dessay - Cleopatra

Natalie Dessay - Cleopatra

It has become preferable that singers pursue specific conceptual themes or parameters for a Handel arias album, although devoting an entire...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 3/2011

Review of Getty Joan and the Bells

Getty Joan and the Bells

The Russian National Orchestra gave the world première of Joan and the Bells in September 1998 and now present it...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/2003

 

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