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HAYDN; STAMITZ Concertos for Flute and Oboe

The lira organizzata was, as described by Richard Wigmore, ‘a high-tech hurdy-gurdy with sympathetic strings and an inbuilt miniature organ’....

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020

HAYDEN Substratum

My first introduction to Sam Hayden’s music was in the back room of a low ceilinged bar at the Huddersfield...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2020

GUNNING Symphonies 2, 10 & 12

Numerous composers have secured their reputation through scores for film and television, subsequently to attempt music for the concert hall...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 03/2020

GOOSSENS Phantasy Concerto. Symphony No 2 (Davis)

It’s been a decade since Chandos issued the first volume in this Goossens survey from Melbourne (6/09). Andrew Achenbach greeted...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2020

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 80 (Howard Shelley)

Resisting any temptation to repeat old jokes about the lack of famous Belgians, may I introduce to you, making his...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2020

DUKAS L’Apprenti Sorcier ROUSSEL Le Festin d’Araignée (Rophé)

The big news here – to me, at least, since I missed this same team’s Dutilleux disc (BIS, 1/16) –...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2020

DESSNER Tenebre

Bryce Dessner confessed to having been shocked by the precision and energy of Ensemble Resonanz’s performances when he first heard...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2020

COPLAND Billy the Kid DVORÁK Symphony No 9

A brand-new label showcasing both the National Symphony Orchestra and their home – the Kennedy Center – in Washington DC...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020

SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals (Marin Alsop)

What an attractive programme this is, the DVD cover an alluring bright red, vivid orange and sky blue, Marin Alsop...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2020

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 (Haselböck); 5 & 7 (Manze)

For the final instalment of the ‘Resound Beethoven’ series, recorded in Viennese venues that survive from the composer’s day, Martin...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2020

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