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Sibelius Symphonies Nos 4 & 5

Eugene Ormandy was the first to accommodate the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies together on one LP (Philips, 7/56—nla) and they...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1991

Bach Goldberg Variations

This performance causes me to wonder whether Forkel, in his much-quoted report, got hold of the wrong end of the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1985

Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez

A new recording of the Concierto de Aranjuez needs something special if it is to stand out clearly from the...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/2003

Hartmann Symphony 1 etc

“Disgust at the terror and destruction of war unites the works on this CD”, writes Andreas Jaschinski in the essay...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

The latest in Marriner's cycle of the numbered symphonies, and very unsensational performances they are too. Extremes of temperament are,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/1994

Reinecke Symphonies 2 & 3

Born almost 10 years before Brahms‚ Carl Reinecke survived that friend and colleague by 13 years‚ continuing to compose into...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Britten Complete Works for Oboe

Britten wrote well for the oboe, and for three oboists in particular. Sylvia Spencer was a contemporary from his Royal...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/2000

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 3 & 5

With this issue Paavo Berglund completes his latest cycle of Sibelius symphonies. As regular readers will know, this series has...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1989

Schubert Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7

This seventh (and last) volume in Schiff's Schubert sonata cycle spotlights the young composer, starting with the E major work...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1995

Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Duos

I have first to declare my colours: I can’t see any real point in making recordings of piano transcriptions of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2007

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