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Shostakovich Symphony No 5

Now subsumed in a big box of mainly orchestral Shostakovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy’s studio recording of the Fifth was made as...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 1/2009

Bednall Requiem

With each new exposure to the music of 30-year-old organist and composer David Bednall, I become ever more impressed with...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 6/2010

Schubert String Quintet

EMI, although late-comers to the CD arena, are going to be more than welcome if they give us recordings of...

Reviewed in issue 8/1984

Purcell The Tempest

There is so much pleasure to be had from Purcell’s semi-operas that it is easy to wish we had more...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 2/2001

Saint-Saëns Orchestral Works

From the two new recordings Janowski's must unfortunately be discounted. The first and third movements are fast-paced and busy but...

Reviewed in issue 5/1988

Dvorák St Ludmilla

St Ludmilla does not get many performances these days outside the Czech lands. Certainly it is an uneven work. There...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/2006

Gregson Violin Concerto; Clarinet Concerto

Edward Gregson, principal of Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music, studied composition under Alan Bush, who proved an ideal mentor....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/2003

Verdi Otello

For many years, Salzburgers always affected surprise whenever an Italian opera was proposed for their festival, particularly if an Austrian-...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/1996

Dyson Choral & Instrumental Works

This is an enterprising disc, to be enthusiastically commended to those who like to explore the by-ways of British music...

Reviewed in issue 8/1988

Martinu Works for Cello and Orchestra

Listening to this after Chandos's new Taneyev/Jarvi disc (reviewed on page 85) was instructive to say the least. In contrast...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1992

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