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Review of Gruber Violin Concertos Nos 1 and 2

Gruber Violin Concertos Nos 1 and 2

There’s great fascination in the way HK Gruber both resists and embraces his sources, grappling with the burden of...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 5/2011

Review of Nielsen Symphonies Nos 2 and 5

Nielsen Symphonies Nos 2 and 5

Nielsen’s Four Temperaments is a symphony of extremes, and so is Osmo Vänskä’s conducting of it, at least in the...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 9/2003

Review of Vivaldi 12 Sonatas for Violin & Continuo, Op.2

Vivaldi 12 Sonatas for Violin & Continuo, Op.2

Vivaldi’s 40 or so violin sonatas have never been as popular in recordings as his concertos, and there seems no...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2000

Review of Bruckner Symphony No 4

Bruckner Symphony No 4

It is nearly 20 years since Haitink recorded Bruckner's Fourth Symphony with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Reissued in 1981 by Philips,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 7/1986

Review of Hasse Requiem

Hasse Requiem

Considering the substantial quantity of his music and the great reputation which he enjoyed as a composer in his lifetime,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1992

Review of Ensemble Belcanto Lieder Recital

Ensemble Belcanto Lieder Recital

There is a problem or two of presentation here which I'd better get out of the way first. Most of...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1995

Review of Vivaldi Cello Sonatas

Vivaldi Cello Sonatas

If you’ve tended to consider Vivaldi’s cello sonatas less interesting than most of his music (I confess I have), then...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2010

Review of Puccini Edgar

Puccini Edgar

Puccini’s first two operas may have been written before he came to full maturity, but they do not deserve the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2003

Review of Rubinstein Symphony No 2;Feramors - Ballet Music

Rubinstein Symphony No 2;Feramors - Ballet Music

When in 1865 Cesar Cui hailed an apprentice work by the young Rimsky-Korsakov as ''the first Russian symphony'', he managed...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

Review of Holbrooke; Rootham; Walford Davies Violin Sonatas

Holbrooke; Rootham; Walford Davies Violin Sonatas

This is an age of revivals promoted through the CD catalogue – Cyril Scott and John Foulds have benefited recently....

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2009


 

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