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Mahler Symphony No 2

The vociferous applause accorded to Gergiev’s unique interpretation of the Resurrection at London’s Barbican Hall last April is not immortalised...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2009

Earth, sweet earth

An interesting essay on the relation of composer to poet could be written on the basis of this enterprising collection....

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1989

Hovhaness Quartets; Bagatelles

You know what to expect by now. Hovhaness's serenely contemplative muse, couched as it is in a readily approachable modal...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/1995

Barber Piano Works

Samuel Barber’s piano music ranges over a 50-year span capturing him in a startling variety of moods; outsize and virtuosic...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/1997

Norby Orchestral & Vocal Works

Anyone who enjoyed Erik Norby’s tone-poem The Rainbow Snake will derive much pleasure from this disc. Cortege and Corps celeste...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 8/1998

Schumann Chamber Works

It was early last year that the Gobel Trio of Berlin gave the Gramophone Compact Disc Catalogue its first complete...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1990

Norman Symphonies No.s 1 & 3

Although Berwald has come to dominate our view of mid-19th- century Sweden, there were many composers active at the time,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 9/2000

Britten; Shostakovich Cello Concertos

There have been several excellent new accounts of Shostakovich’s Second Cello Concerto recently, and in many ways Jamie Walton’s is...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 1/2009

Beethoven Violin Concerto/Romances 1 & 2

Two versions of the Beethoven Violin Concerto from Itzhak Perlman (both EMI), two vintage Philips ones from Arthur Grumiaux, the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1989

Dvorak String Quartets Nos 9 & 14

There are some works that are so glorious that a mere minute or two in their company is enough to...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

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