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Pushkin Romances

Thirty-one tracks of Russian song, delivered by a first-rate soprano already with a distinguished track record in the repertoire (and...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2009

Britten (Les) Illuminations; Nocturne; Serenade

This recording followed live performances at the Salzburg Easter Festival in April. For that reason if no other it offers...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2005

Andreae Chamber Works Vol 3

Back in February 2010 I praised an earlier issue by the Locrian Ensemble of music by Swiss composer Volkmar Andreae...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/2011

Silvestrov Symphony No 6

Though I yield to no one in my admiration for Silvestrov’s Fifth Symphony, I confess to reservations in varying degrees...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2007

Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus; Clarinet Concerto; Garden of Spaces

First a word about Cantus arcticus, Rautavaara’s most-recorded work after The Fiddlers. The second version Ondine have released – unusually,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2005

Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2

Jansons has already given us a splendid set of Tchaikovsky symphonies for Chandos and now he turns to Rachmaninov's E...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1988

Pacius Kung Karls Jakt; The Hunt of King Charles

Grout is faintly dismissive of Kung Karls Jakt in his Short History of Opera (London: 1947): ''sometimes called the first...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1992

Brahms/Schoenberg Chamber Works

Strange bedfellows these. What sort of an account will they give of themselves, I wondered, feeling that a full-blooded performance...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1993

Rare 19th Century Works for Chamber Orchestra

Weber was rather sheepish about his two youthful symphonies, and indeed their weaknesses can seem easier to identify than their...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1993

Beethoven; Furtwängler Violin and Piano Sonatas

Not a few major conductors wanted also to be remembered as composers and Furtwängler was certainly well equipped musically to...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/2011

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