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T.W.Adorno Chamber & Choral Works

Many great philosophers have written about music, but few have actually composed: we have no symphonies by Kant, no operas...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1991

Svoboda Marimba Concerto; Symphony No 1

When Tomas Svoboda’s First Symphony was performed in Prague in 1957 it apparently created a sensation as soon as the...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/2004

Rodrigo/Torroba Guitar Concertos

Like JD I don't think the Concierto para una fiesta will rival the popularity of the Aranjuez, but several hearings...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1984

Gal, Schumann Symphonies

Hard on the heels of Avie’s premiere recording of Gál’s First Symphony (coupled with Schubert’s Sixth and conducted by Thomas...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 9/2011

Asia, D Purer than Purest Pure

Setting poetry by ee cummings is no easy task for any composer and Daniel Asia has chosen some exceptionally challenging...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 1/2011

Lamond The Complete Liszt Recordings 1919-36

Disturbing revaluations of several famous artists of the past have recently been forced upon us by a spate of reissues...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1995

Handel: Partenope

For somewhile now these two recordings have been regarded as among the most successful Handel operas on disc. More recently,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1991

Villa-Lobos Piano Music, Vol 5

Volume Five of Sonia Rubinsky’s invaluable Villa-Lobos cycle gives us the first complete recording of the Guia prático (nine volumes...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2006

Shostakovich; Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos

It is hard to believe how far prize­winning 20­year­old Ilya Gringolts has come since his excellent Paganini CD for BIS...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Schumann & MacDowell Piano Concertos, etc

We're told that it was with MacDowell's Second Piano Concerto in D minor that Van Cliburn made his first professional...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1991

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