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Review of Tveitt Prillar; Sun God Symphony

Tveitt Prillar; Sun God Symphony

The three-movement Prillar is a symphonic poem written in 1931 while Tveitt was studying in Leipzig. Lasting well over half...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Review of Popular Works for Piano & Orchestra

Popular Works for Piano & Orchestra

Re-emerging with Moshe Atzmon, her collaborator in Mendelssohn's five mature works for piano and orchestra (Pantheon—not submitted for review), Cristina...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1986

Review of Mozart Symphony 38 & Figaro Overture

Mozart Symphony 38 & Figaro Overture

Frans Bruggen's version of the Prague Symphony may not be to everyone's taste, but it is certainly full of character...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1990

Review of Donizetti Messa di Gloria e Credo

Donizetti Messa di Gloria e Credo

This recording dates from 1976 and the completed Mass from 1837. More than half of it was written in an...

Reviewed in issue 9/1990

Review of Prokofiev; Scriabin Piano Sonatas

Prokofiev; Scriabin Piano Sonatas

Wojciech Kocyan’s 2002 and 2005 recitals for the Dux label have resurfaced in time for me to alert collectors not...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 3/2008

Review of Sondheim - (The) Story So Far...

Sondheim - (The) Story So Far...

The title of this handsome compilation – “The Story So Far” – tells us a great deal, because with Sondheim...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/2009

Review of Handel Imeneo

Handel Imeneo

Did someone say that Handel’s opera plots were too complicated? Not Imeneo: Princess Rosmene, rescued from pirates by Imeneo, has...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/2004

Review of Visions of Elgar

Visions of Elgar

Most of these recordings were made in 1944‑54, now assiduously quarried for forgotten treasures by collectors whose predecessors considered it...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/2008

Review of Bax Piano Sonatas Nos 3 & 4

Bax Piano Sonatas Nos 3 & 4

As on the previous volume in his survey of Bax piano music for Naxos (10/04), Ashley Wass has strong ideas...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/2005

Review of Eichendorff Lieder - Live at Salzburg, 1975

Eichendorff Lieder - Live at Salzburg, 1975

Eichendorff, who breathes the very spirit of romanticism, has always been a notable source of inspiration for German-speaking composers. As...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1990


 

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