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Copland: Orchestral Works

Bernstein plays this symphony as though burningly intent on convincing every listener that it is a masterpiece, Mata as though...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1987

Debussy Orchestral Works, Vol 5

Debussy was fortunate in having friends around him who were so thoroughly steeped in his style as to be able...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 7/2011

Moniuszko Paria

Paria (“The Pariah”, completed in 1869) was the last of Moniuszko’s six operas and he had high hopes for...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 7/2009

Schumann Manfred

How splendid to have this deeply moving Manfred on CD at last. ''I never devoted myself to any composition with...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1991

Tüür Orchestral Works

For some years now Erkki-Sven Tüür has been routinely described as the leading Estonian composer. With this disc he not...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 9/2003

Ibert Orchestral Works

Only three works here are currently in the catalogue, namely Escales, the Flute Concerto and Paris, and this enterprising disc...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1994

Arensky/Glinka Piano Trios

For anyone interested in Glinka's Trio, choice here is simple. The new Borodin Trio performance is greatly superior to the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1987

Ockeghem Masses

Approaching the end of what will surely become a classic series of Ockeghem’s entire sacred music, The Clerks’ Group here...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 6/1999

Ignaz Friedmann plays Chopin, Liszt & Mendelssohn

If many modern pianists can be dismissed with damning brevity, Ignaz Friedman’s elegance and aplomb demand a book rather than...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/1999

Debussy Piano Works, Volume 3

As another Naxos survey progresses I am reluctant to put forward the super-budget price as a primary selling point, but...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/1997

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