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Review of Debussy Nocturnes; Jeux

Debussy Nocturnes; Jeux

(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Amsterdam Collegium Musicum | Bernard Haitink

Philips

In its LP format, this record won much acclaim not only on artistic grounds but for the quality of the...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1983

Review of Delius Orchestral Works Vol 3

Delius Orchestral Works Vol 3

BBC Chorus | Jan Van der Gucht | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden | Symphony Orchestra | Thomas Beecham

Naxos Historical

There always was a unique alchemy between the art of Sir Thomas Beecham and the music of Frederick Delius, and...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2001

Review of F.Schmidt Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln

F.Schmidt Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln

Eberhard Büchner | Gabriele Fontana | Horst Stein | Kurt Azesberger | Margareta Hintermeier | Robert Holl | Robert Holzer | Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Singverein | Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Calig

Given the acclaim that has greeted the Franz Schmidt symphonies, it is only natural that attention should turn to what...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1997

Review of Roussel: Chamber Works

Roussel: Chamber Works

Frédérique Cambreling | Jean Grout | Michel Michalakakos | Paris Instrumental Group | Paris String Trio | Patrick Gallois

MusiFrance

Albert Roussel was born in 1869, after Debussy but before Ravel, and died in the same year as the latter...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1990

Review of Berlioz: Orchestral Works

Berlioz: Orchestral Works

Michel Plasson | Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

EMI

Plasson's version of the Symphonie fantastique is exceedingly vivid and hard-driven, to thrilling effect in much of the first movement....

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1990

Review of Brahms Piano Quintet Op 34

Brahms Piano Quintet Op 34

Andreas Staier | Leipzig Qt

Dabringhaus und Grimm

Now here’s something quite unusual! Andreas Staier is playing a Steinway model D dating from 1901; not exactly contemporary with...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2005

Review of Nielsen Piano Works

Nielsen Piano Works

Leif Ove Andsnes

Virgin Classics

Leaving aside Grieg, neither Sibelius nor Nielsen has attracted much attention from non-Nordic pianists. True, among pianists of international standing...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1996

Review of Raina Kabaivanska - Omaggio alla Carriera

Raina Kabaivanska - Omaggio alla Carriera

Arnold Bosman | Burt Wathen | Gianni Biocotino | Grazia Raimondi | Luca Falasca | Raina Kabaivanska | Vincenzo Taroni

Fonè

Raina Kabaivanska has had a distinguished career on the opera stage for nearly 40 years, appearing in most Italian opera...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 9/1999

Review of Bach Cantatas, Vol. 5

Bach Cantatas, Vol. 5

American Bach Soloists | Benjamin Butterfield | Drew Minter | James Weaver | Jeffrey Thomas | Julianne Baird

Classics

The American Bach Soloists continue their survey of Bach’s Weimar cantatas with three works dating from 1714 or, in the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1996

Review of Eötvös Electrochronicle

Eötvös Electrochronicle

András Dés | Csaba Klenyán | János Négyesy | László Dés | Mesias Maiguashca | Peter Eötvös

BMC

The Budapest Music Center’s coverage of Peter Eötvös continues with this disc of electro-acoustic pieces mainly from the early 1970s....

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 6/2003

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