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GRIEG Piano Concerto. Lyric PIeces

It takes a brave man to record the Grieg Piano Concerto with the spectres of pianists such as Lipatti, Michelangeli,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2015

DVOŘÁK; SUK; JANÁČEK Violin Concertos

Regarding Dvořák’s Concerto, the obvious first-stop comparison is with Frank Peter Zimmermann’s 2013 recording, also with the Czech Philharmonic under...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2015

DELALANDE Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy

Listeners to this attractive CD need to know from the outset that what they are hearing is only partly Delalande...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 07/2015

MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ZEMLINSKY 6 Gesänge

The first two instalments of Trevor Pinnock’s series with the RAM Soloists Ensemble featured whole Austro-German symphonies arranged in chamber...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2015

BRIAN Symphonies Nos 6, 28, 29 & 31

Mirabile dictu: a release of four Havergal Brian symphonies – cause for celebration in itself – two of which have...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2015

BRAHMS Symphony No 2. Serenade No 2

The eye is a great deceiver. Watch these Lucerne Festival Brahms performances and you might think you are in the...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2015

BIRTWISTLE Angel Fighter

As co-founder of the London Sinfonietta in 1968, David Atherton has been responsible for several Birtwistle premieres down the decades:...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 07/2015

Of Madness and Love

The booklet’s claim ‘inspired by William Shakespeare’ is only really true of the Roméo et Juliette excerpt and the Lear...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2015

BERLIOZ Harold in Italy

Chandos’s new release continues a potential Berlioz cycle from Sir Andrew, following his well-received Overtures disc with the Bergen Philharmonic...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2015

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 6. Egmont Overture

Listening to this entrancing and yet deeply affecting performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, it is easy see why, with all...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2015

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