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Review of Schubert (Die) Winterreise

Schubert (Die) Winterreise

Setting up as a viable and much cheaper alternative to the Hyperion Schubert Edition, Naxos proposes, like its coeval, to...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2000

Review of Berlioz Les Troyens

Berlioz Les Troyens

It is a tribute to the quality of Sir Colin Davis's pioneering set of Berlioz's epic opera that it has...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1994

Review of Berio Vocal & Orchestral Works

Berio Vocal & Orchestral Works

It may be at the risk of opening the flood-gates of the correspondence pages to say so, but to my...

Reviewed in issue 8/1990

Review of German Sacred Concertos

German Sacred Concertos

This is a portrait of a genre characterised by tuneful responses to the idea of lamenting. While Buxtehude’s music takes...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Review of MacDowell Piano Concertos

MacDowell Piano Concertos

Macdowell's Second Piano Concerto, with its luxuriant romanticism and darkly eddying figurations, once enjoyed considerable popularity before a severer age...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1993

Review of Shostakovich Symphony No 8

Shostakovich Symphony No 8

Sneaking back into contention on the budget Encore label, André Previn’s first, 1973 version of the Eighth would sit just...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2008

Review of Elgar Orchestral Works

Elgar Orchestral Works

The Alto label here offers three Elgar recordings not previously available in Britain, two of which are of outstanding quality....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2009

Review of Birtwistle Theseus Game; Earth Dances

Birtwistle Theseus Game; Earth Dances

In live performance, Theseus Game (2002-03) offers clear visual contrasts: an ensemble of 30 players has two conductors, and there’s...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2004

Review of Honegger Orchestral Works

Honegger Orchestral Works

The Honegger symphonies have been well served on CD in recent years. Both the Symphony for Strings (No. 2) and...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1994

Review of Mahler Symphony No 7

Mahler Symphony No 7

In Mozart and above all Wagner, Daniel Barenboim has few peers. The pianist-conductor has come late to recording Mahler symphonies,...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2006


 

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