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Schubert Symphonies Nos 4 and 5
Gordan Nikolic | Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
When the composer can only have heard his early symphonies played impromptu by groups of his friends, there is much...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2010
KORNGOLD Symphonic Serenade. Sextet
Hartmut Rohde | NFM Leopoldinum Orcherstra
Some exaggerated claims have been made for Erich Korngold’s extra-cinematic output but here are two of his finer works performed...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2018
(The) Grand Organ of Liverpool Cathedral
Priory Records’ first DVD release celebrates the artistry of Ian Tracey, Master of the Music at Liverpool Cathedral since 1980,...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 3/2008
BACH Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Anne Akiko Meyers | English Chamber Orchestra | Steven Mercurio
It might seem shallow to complain about the titling and packaging of a disc but the commerciality of this one...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 07/2012
Brahms/Schumann Lieder
Anne Sofie von Otter | Barbara Bonney | Bengt Forsberg | Helmut Deutsch | Kurt Streit | Olaf Bär
We can now share in the joy created when the Edinburgh Festival brought together these four singers, all in the...
Reviewed in issue 10/1995
BEETHOVEN Symphonies
The fact that the classic impulse vies with the Romantic throughout Beethoven’s nine symphonies presents a perennial problem to would-be...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: A/2011
R. Strauss Orchestral and Vocal Works
Felicity Lott | Neeme Järvi | Royal Scottish National Orchestra
The over-resonant but spacious and clear acoustic of the Caird Hall, Dundee, suits the plush romantic sound of Strauss's Aus...
Reviewed in issue 8/1989
R.Strauss Orchestral and Vocal Works
Eileen Hulse | Neeme Järvi | Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Strauss's F minor Symphony (his second!) was admired by several distinguished contemporaries and did his early career no harm at...
Reviewed in issue 8/1993
Weber Piano Sonatas
Martin Jones's pairing of Weber's first two sonatas makes a welcome return to the catalogue, even if these are performances...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1992
Bruckner Works for String Quintet
How inconvenient. Having praised the Sonare Quartet and Vladimir Mendelssohn's Bruckner Quintet on Claves/Albany in I don't know how many...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1991
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