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Review of Frühling in Wien

Frühling in Wien

It’s hardly surprising that an Austrian conductor who earlier on in his professional life played in both the Vienna Philharmonic...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2017

Review of British Tone Poems

British Tone Poems

All but one of the six items on this latest serving of home-grown fare from Rumon Gamba and the BBC...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 04/2017

Review of WEINBERG Chamber Symphonies. Piano Quintet

WEINBERG Chamber Symphonies. Piano Quintet

In 1988 Mieczysaw Weinberg claimed he started using the term ‘chamber symphony’ because he ‘didn’t want to continue the sequence...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2017

Review of TÜÜR Clarinet Concertos

TÜÜR Clarinet Concertos

It is Erkki-Sven Tüür’s tight control of material and form that frees his notes up to have such impact. The...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2017

Review of TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Op 35. Meditation Op 42

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Op 35. Meditation Op 42

First impressions count. The opening orchestral tutti of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is described Allegro moderato with a metronome marking of...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2017

Review of STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos Symphony Suite

STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos Symphony Suite

There seems to be a trend these days for creating new orchestra-only arrangements of music from Strauss’s operas. We’ve just...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2017

Review of STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie. Tod und Verklärung

STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie. Tod und Verklärung

Three recordings of the Alpensinfonie have appeared within the past year, with this one from Mariss Jansons following those from...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2017

Review of SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No 1. Cello Sonatas

SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No 1. Cello Sonatas

Plenty of recordings of the Cello Concerto No 1. Plenty of recordings of the Cello Sonata No 2. Single discs...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2017

Review of O'REGAN A Celestial Map of the Sky

O'REGAN A Celestial Map of the Sky

The centrepiece in this collection of recent works by Tarik O’Regan for choir and/or orchestra is A Celestial Map of...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 04/2017

Review of SKOG; NILSSON Violin Concertos

SKOG; NILSSON Violin Concertos

Recordings are coming thick and fast from the Swedish violinist Cecilia Zilliacus and each argues emphatically that strength of tone,...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2016

 

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