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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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