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GLAZUNOV String Quartets Nos 3 & 4
Christoph Eb | Zemlinsky Quartet
That Glazunov’s chamber music is often dismissed as old-fashioned isn’t necessarily a bad thing and although, as their teacher, Prokofiev...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2012
Saint-Saëns String Quartets Nos 1 and 2
The Fine Arts Quartet continue their admirable series (Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Franck and Fauré) with Saint-Saëns’s two string quartets....
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2011
Arensky Symphony No 2; Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | Vassily Sinaisky
Chandos is doing well for Arensky, following its record of the First Symphony and Tchaikovsky Variations (10/03) with the Second...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/2004
Mariss Jansons & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons | Pittsburgh Mendelssohn Choir | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
In some ways this is an impressive set; in others a somewhat frustrating experience. The evidence confirms Mariss Jansons as...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2004
SCHUMANN Adventlied. Ballade vom Pagen und der Königstochter
Schumann lightly reorchestrated one of Bach’s most affective cantatas in 1849 for a Dresden choral society of his own foundation....
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2018
Bach St Matthew Passion
They couldn’t be more different. Riccardo Chailly uses modern instruments including similarly pitched oboes d’amore and viola da gamba, to...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 6/2010
R. Strauss & Verdi String Quartets
Richard Strauss's only quartet was written when he was a teenager, at a time when his knowledge of music was...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1989
Molique String Quartets, Vol 1
Bernhard Molique was a contemporary of Mendelssohn and Schubert, yet lived 20 years beyond either. As a 14-year-old prodigy he...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/2006
Farrenc Chamber Works
Louise Farrenc (1804-75) lived her entire life in Paris where her fluent and assured music attracted lavish praise and a...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2006
Arensky Piano Trios
With over a dozen recorded versions available, Arensky's First Piano Trio has become something of a popular item; his Second...
Reviewed in issue 6/1995
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